Opinion | The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure

It’s a proxy for a larger debate about the meaning of academic freedom and the priorities of higher education.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Says She Won’t Join U.N.C. Faculty Without Tenure

A letter from Ms. Hannah-Jones’s lawyers said an unnamed “powerful donor” had contributed to the University of North Carolina board of trustees’ failure to grant her tenure.

Times Journalist Weighs Legal Action Against University of North Carolina

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a creator of the 1619 Project who is scheduled to start as a professor at the university this summer, has retained lawyers to represent her in a dispute over tenure.

Nikole Hannah-Jones Receives Support in Tenure Dispute

More than 200 writers and cultural figures signed a letter opposing the University of North Carolina’s failure to give the Times Magazine correspondent tenure with her position there.

The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t

More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive?