Last month, the university offered Hannah-Jones a position as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism.
However, after Hannah-Jones went through an extensive tenure process with the backing of faculty and the tenure committee, her application hit a roadblock with the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, according to NC Policy Watch.
The board of trustees is tasked with reviewing and approving tenure applications, and it declined to move forward with authorizing tenure for Hannah-Jones, who earned a master s degree in journalism and mass communications from the university.
Instead, the school has altered its offer from a tenured position to a fixed-term position, which would afford her the chance to be considered for tenure after five years.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has reneged on a tenured position it offered to Pulitzer-winning journalist,
Nikole Hannah-Jones. Instead, the university is offering Hannah-Jones a fixed 5-year appointment, Policy Watch reported on Wednesday.
“It’s disappointing, it’s not what we wanted and I am afraid it will have a chilling effect,” said
Susan King, dean of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. After undergoing the tenure process in 2020, Hannah-Jones’ application went awry when the university’s board of trustees which usually approves tenure applications, decided not to take action, according to Policy Watch.
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