The investigation is focusing on professors who have been critical of Hussman for potentially leaking the donor agreement to media. A watchdog group has warned the university that it could be violating faculty’s First Amendment rights.
Joe Killian
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As UNC-CH Trustees Prepare to Vote on Hannah-Jones Tenure, the Struggle Continues Over the Direction of UNC
Tenure supporters express optimism even as outside political pressure mounts.
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N.C. Policy Watch: UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Will Vote on Tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones
A vote should be announced today and could come as early as Wednesday.
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UNC Student Body President Calls For a Special Meeting of Board of Trustees on Hannah-Jones Tenure
Under the board’s bylaws a special meeting must be called within ten days if six members of the board make a request through a formal petition. A board member says that a special meeting is “very likely.”
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N.C. Policy Watch Exclusive: Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Not Join UNC Faculty Without Tenure
According to a letter from her legal team to the university this week, Hannah-Jones will not begin her position as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism on July 1, as scheduled, and will not take the position without tenure.
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UNC Press Now In the Crosshairs of Board of Governors As It Refuses to Reappoint Professor Who Criticized Its Handling of Silent Sam
Eric Muller has served two five-year terms on the UNC Press Board, and chairman for much of that time. The Board refused to re-appoint Muller, who has been critical of the UNC System’s handling of sensitive issues of race and history.
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UNC Hussman Faculty Denounce Continued Inaction On Tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones
Thirty-seven UNC Hussman faculty members signed a statement calling the UNC Board of Trustees’ inaction on Hannah-Jones’s tenure a blatant disregard for procedures and the trustees’ endorsed values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Major Funding Partner Calls for UNC-Chapel Hill to Grant Tenure to Nikole-Hannah Jones
Richard Besser, CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, asked UNC Board of Trustees chair for assurances that Hannah-Jones is being treated fairly and strongly encouraged the board grant her tenure.
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UNC Mega-Donor Objected to Hannah-Jones Essay on Reparations for Slavery
Hussman said he devoted one of his five emails to UNC officials to the essay and his questions about it.
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UNC Mega-Donor Walter Hussman Denies Exerting Pressure Over Hannah-Jones Hiring
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees faces a Friday deadline to address tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones if it wants to avoid legal action.