UNC trustees approve tenure for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones after students removed from meeting

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved tenure Wednesday for Pulitizer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, capping weeks of tension that began when a board member halted the process over questions about her teaching credentials.

The board voted 9-4 to accept the tenure application at a special meeting that included a closed-door session that had sparked a protest by supporters of Hannah-Jones. Tensions came to a head during Wednesday's special meeting when students had to be removed so the board could go into a closed session, CBS affiliate WNCN-TV reported.