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Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Politicization of Higher-Ed Governance

The national outrage over Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure case at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is part of a much larger story of college governance in North Carolina and beyond, where concerns continue to grow about trustees using their powers to score political points. Collected here is The Chronicle’s in-depth news and opinion coverage of the Nikole Hannah-Jones case.

Epilogue
By Jack Stripling July 9, 2021
Offered tenure, only to walk away, the journalist reclaimed her story.
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
By Sarah Brown July 6, 2021
While a protracted controversy played out in Chapel Hill, Howard seized an opportunity.
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
By Jack Stripling July 6, 2021
In the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case, leaders settled for less and wound up with nothing.
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
By Jack Stripling July 1, 2021
A tense tenure vote at Chapel Hill lays bare racial wounds.
'Riven by Discord'
By Sarah Brown June 29, 2021
No matter what happens to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure, people of color have lost trust in Chapel Hill.
The Review
By Andy Thomason June 22, 2021
The Nikole Hannah-Jones case has Black scholars asking if they’re welcome. It’s not the first time.
The Review
By Nneka D. Dennie June 18, 2021
Boards of trustees are increasingly making clear whose scholarship matters — and whose doesn’t.
Faculty Furor
By Lindsay Ellis May 27, 2021
Lawyers representing the prize-winning journalist sent a letter to state leaders and the University of North Carolina, the latest move in her controversial tenure case.
Data
The stalled tenure bid by Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has shined a light on the anemic rates at which colleges award tenure to Black female professors.
The Review
Political intervention in hiring will badly damage higher ed.
Governance and Politics
By Lindsay Ellis May 21, 2021
What does her stalled bid say about the battle for the soul of public universities?
The Review
By Silke-Maria Weineck May 20, 2021
On the latest attempt to bring higher ed under the dominion of the right.
Faculty Furor
By Jack Stripling, Andy Thomason May 19, 2021
The decision by UNC’s Board of Trustees not to consider Nikole Hannah-Jones for tenure departed from precedent and outraged professors on campus.