Nikole Hannah-Jones Heading to Howard University After Declining UNC Tenure

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Nikole Hannah-Jones Heading to Howard University After Declining UNC Tenure

By: Alyssa Wilson Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has declined to accept tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after public controversy. According to NC Policy Watch, she has accepted a tenured position at Howard University, where she will teach about race and journalism. In May, Hannah-Jones was not offered tenure at the institution. Instead, she was offered a five-year teaching contract by the Hussman School of Media and Journalism. She was brought on as the Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, and she was the first person in the role to be denied tenure. RELATED: UNC denies tenure for '1619 […]

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