Editorial: Current UNC trustees must act on Hannah-Jones tenure
Monday, June 21, 2021 -- For 231 years, the nation's oldest public university has served the state as a center for independent intellectual exploration and academic excellence in service of North Carolina's people. It cannot abdicate that role. The current trustees must act on Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure request - now the nation's most-watched issue of academic freedom.
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The current trustees should act on Hannah-Jones’ tenure before the end of June. This board should not avoid its responsibility. Hannah-Jones deserves a vote, up or down, on the tenure request. North Carolinians and those committed to academic freedom should demand it.
We have stated earlier that, regardless of how the trustees might act on the tenure request, Hannah-Jones needs to take the job. She should not let the ideologues win. She cannot allow a narrow faction of the state’s political establishment destroy the reputation for higher education excellence and freedom of thought that it has taken a century to build.
By excelling in the classroom she will show those who seek to limit intellectual inquiry that she enables all students – regardless of who they are – to open their minds and welcome dialogue from a variety of perspectives.
Current trustees chair Richard Stevens, whose appointment expires June 30, has a demonstrable life-long commitment to the university. There’s hardly a top UNC campus committee on which he hasn’t played a key role. He should not leave this important task unresolved.
For 231 years, the nation’s oldest public university has served the state as a center for independent intellectual exploration and academic excellence in service of North Carolina’s people. It cannot abdicate that role. The current trustees must act on Hannah-Jones’ tenure request – now the nation’s most-watched issue of academic freedom.
Appointed by the legislature, term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2023
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2023
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2023
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the legislature. term ends June 30, 2021
Appointed by the UNC Board of Governors, term ends June 30, 2023
Appointed by the legislature, term ends June 30, 2023
Appointed by the legislature, term ends June 30, 2023
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