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.
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EpilogueHow Nikole Hannah-Jones Flipped the Script on Chapel Hill
Offered tenure, only to walk away, the journalist reclaimed her story. -
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
‘A Place That Was Built for Us’: How Howard U. Landed Nikole Hannah-Jones
While a protracted controversy played out in Chapel Hill, Howard seized an opportunity. -
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
How Chapel Hill Bungled a Star Hire
In the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case, leaders settled for less and wound up with nothing. -
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
‘Look Us in the Eye’
A tense tenure vote at Chapel Hill lays bare racial wounds. -
'Riven by Discord'
At UNC, the Damage Is Done
No matter what happens to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure, people of color have lost trust in Chapel Hill. -
The Review
The UNC Scandal No One Talks About
The Nikole Hannah-Jones case has Black scholars asking if they’re welcome. It’s not the first time. -
The Review
The Assault on Black Academics
Boards of trustees are increasingly making clear whose scholarship matters — and whose doesn’t. -
Faculty Furor
Nikole Hannah-Jones Readies Legal Challenge Amid Stalled UNC Tenure Bid
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
How Many Black Women Have Tenure on Your Campus? Search Here
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
We Are Critics of Nikole Hannah-Jones. Her Tenure Denial Is a Travesty.
Political intervention in hiring will badly damage higher ed. -
Governance and Politics
Behind Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Tenure Case
What does her stalled bid say about the battle for the soul of public universities? -
The Review
The Tenure Denial of Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Craven and Dangerous
On the latest attempt to bring higher ed under the dominion of the right. -
Faculty Furor
Her ‘1619 Project’ Is a Political Lightning Rod. It May Have Cost Her Tenure.
The decision by UNC’s Board of Trustees not to consider Nikole Hannah-Jones for tenure departed from precedent and outraged professors on campus.
