
UNC board set to vote on tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones amid outcry from Black faculty and students
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The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is expected to vote Wednesday on whether it will grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones as tension mounts among Black students and faculty who say the board's initial failure to do so reflects a history of systemic racism at the school.
The board's special meeting comes just one day before Hannah-Jones was set to officially join the Hussman School of Journalism and Media as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. Last month it was revealed that her appointment didn't come with tenure, a break with tradition for that position. Hannah-Jones' legal team has said she will not take the position if it doesn't include tenure. University officials posted a notice of Wednesday's special meeting online, but a university spokeswoman declined to comment on plans for a tenure vote when reached by CNN.
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