UNC Board of Trustees votes 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application
The UNC Board of Trustees voted 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application in a special meeting Wednesday.
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The UNC Board of Trustees voted 9-4 to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application in a special meeting Wednesday.
Update: June 28 at 4:00 p.m.: The Board of Trustees will hold a full board special meeting at The Carolina Inn on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be livestreamed.
The Committee on Appointments, Promotions and Tenure released an open letter Wednesday calling on the Board of Trustees to offer Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position at UNC.
Update June 23 at 12:51 p.m.: UNC Student Body President Lamar Richards submitted a formal meeting request to the Board of Trustees petitioning for a special called meeting by or on June 30 to discuss and take formal action on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure situation.
Update June 21 2:11 p.m.: The Department of Health Behavior at the Gillings School of Public Health released a statement endorsing Chapman's open letter.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article contained a photo that may have suggested that Chapel Hill police was involved in this story. The photo on this article has been updated to more accurately reflect that UNC Police was the arresting agency. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
Twenty-one members of the UNC Black Pioneers — an organization of Black alumni who graduated between 1952 and 1972 — released a statement on Wednesday calling on the Board of Trustees to take action in granting Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position at the University.
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UNC responded on Friday to a letter from the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. about Nikole Hannah-Jones’ employment, according to a statement from Joel Curran, vice chancellor for communications.
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UPDATE: This article has been updated to include additional information on tenured faculty at the University.
Update May 29 1:45 p.m.: UNC has until Friday, June 4, to offer Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position or face a federal lawsuit, according to a letter obtained by NC Policy Watch.
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