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The Faculty Council at UNC Chapel Hill has passed a resolution in support of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. It comes as the chair of the Faculty Council, Mimi Chapman, said she was contacted by someone over the weekend who had been in a meeting where names were being solicited for interim chancellor.
Chapman organized an emergency – and sometimes contentious – meeting of the Faculty Council on Wednesday evening, which passed the resolution that affirmed confidence in Guskiewicz and in the expectation of shared governance. It is my strong belief that this is not a time for a leadership change on our campus, Chapman said.
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Rachel Jessen for The Chronicle The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga July 6, 2021
Declining a faculty position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Nikole Hannah-Jones on Tuesday gave a detailed account of the pain and disappointment she had experienced during a drawn-out tenure process that concluded last week. In a 4,000-word statement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist took piercing aim at university leaders, who, she said, had failed to show courage when powerful forces lined up against her.
“When leadership had the opportunity to stand up,” Hannah-Jones wrote, “it did not.”
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