After months of deferral in awarding tenure to faculty outside health-related fields, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded tenure to 33 faculty. The board's prior silence on the issue raised concerns among faculty and media. Trustees cited fiscal considerations and governance principles. The situation has sparked ongoing national debate regarding tenure, with some trustees publicly opposed to it, reflecting polarized opinions on this crucial higher education policy.
The university administration and Board of Trustees moved these personnel actions forward given the impact the deferral caused on departments.
The now-tenured faculty are in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Education, Law and Information and Library Science.
Trustee Jim Blaine expressed a desire for clarity on the university's fiscal picture before making tenure decisions, concerned about rewarding 'bad behavior'.
The decisions by the Board of Trustees appear to end a flare-up in the national debate about the future of tenure in higher education.
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