After UNC tenure battle, bigger fights ahead for US colleges

Hannah-Jones case points out pathway for wider trustee reform but may just embolden academia’s political enemies

Published on
July 12, 2021
Last updated
August 9, 2021
Paul Basken
re-enactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware River group in boat with telescope as a metaphor for Hannah-Jones tenure fight sets out pathway for wider trustee reform
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#1 Submitted by NJF on July 12, 2021 - 9:29pm
Demanding immediate tenure, without proving to the University one is worthy of it and all that goes with it, shows total unawareness on ones part, not just of normal University procedure but also of how much it's a smack in the face to other academics. Self entitled narcissism perhaps?

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