Tag Archives: Why are so few Black professors tenured? Texas has made little progress despite promises of change

She pointed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s recent decision to not grant tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for creating the 1619 Project. It appeared “inappropriate, racist and blatantly political,” Mulvey said. University officials eventually granted Hannah-Jones tenure on June 30 after backlash from faculty, students and the public. The dispute over Hannah-Jones’ …

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