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What is tenure, and why do college professors get it? Here s what you need to know

May 31 Professors, students, alumni, journalists, professional athletes, artists and and political activists are outraged over Nikole Hannah-Jones not receiving tenure with her appointment to UNC-Chapel Hill's faculty. And now, the decision is back in the hands of the UNC-CH Board of Trustees and she's considering legal action. Hannah-Jones is an investigative journalist for The New York Times .

Academic Freedom Is on the Ropes

Academic Freedom Is on the Ropes The attacks are coming from both the right and the left. Stephen Voss for The Chronicle The Faculty This article is adapted from a new Chronicle collection, “Academic Freedom Now: Why Colleges Should Be Worried,” which explores how to navigate these fractious times. The collection is available in the Chronicle Store. Many scholars and observers of higher education, even those who may agree on little else, agree on this: Academic freedom is on the ropes. “Academic freedom is in the worst position of my career, and perhaps the worst condition it has been in decades perhaps since the Red Scare,” says Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonprofit committed to the rights of free speech on college campuses.

Universities face pressure to vet ex-Trump officials before hiring them

Universities face pressure to vet ex-Trump officials before hiring them Marisa Iati, Lauren Lumpkin Richard Grenell, a former Trump administration official, speaks to reporters at the White House in September. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) There is a long tradition of political appointees moving into academia former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice returned to Stanford University as a professor, ex-CIA director Robert Gates was a dean and then president at Texas A&M University, and former secretary of health and human services Sylvia Mathews Burwell is president of American University. But in recent months, some students and faculty have argued colleges should apply more scrutiny to former Trump officials looking to make similar transitions.

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