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Trustees' handling of Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application shows how university boards often fail the accountability test

  • Written by Felecia Commodore, Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations & Leadership, Old Dominion University
Trustees' handling of Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application shows how university boards often fail the accountability testDemonstrators gather June 25, 2021, on University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., to demand that the university offer tenure to award-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. AP Photo/Jonathan Drew

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