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When professors say inflammatory things on social media, institutions often respond by simultaneously distancing themselves from the offensive comments and affirming the faculty members’ right to free expression. The University of North…

By Aneri Pattani Victoria Cooper thought her drinking habits in college were just like everyone else’s. Shots at parties. Beers while bowling. Sure, she got more refills than some and missed classes while nursing hangovers, but…

Whether or not Nikole Hannah-Jones joins the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may soon be answered: today is the deadline she set for the university’s Board of Trustees to grant her the tenure she was initially…

In a letter sent to school administrators, more than 30 faculty members from the chemistry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said the school’s refusal to grant Pulitzer-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones…

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose tenure vote was deferred by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees, is giving the university until Friday to reconsider her case. NC Policy Watch,…

Faculty leaders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pressed their Board of Trustees Monday to vote immediately on the tenure case of Nikole Hannah-Jones. Delaying the vote further would only sow more doubt in university…

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s chancellor and Board of Trustees chair took questions from news media Thursday about journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones -- namely, about why she wasn’t granted tenure. But transparency was in…

In an unusual if not unprecedented move, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees declined to approve a tenured appointment for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. The reason? Many say it's politics.“This is a very…