Breaking News Extra: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC and Is Headed to Howard U.

She declined Chapel Hill's belated tenure offer and will instead join the faculty of the famed HBCU, where she will hold a Knight Foundation chair. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. FALLOUT AT CAROLINA [Nikole Hannah-Jones Declines U. of North Carolina’s Tenure Offer, Plans to Join Howard U.]( By Lindsay Ellis She will hold an inaugural Knight Foundation chair, and will be joined at Howard by the journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( BACKGROUNDER [After Controversial Delay, UNC Awards Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones]( By Andy Thomason [image] The development was a dramatic turnabout in the saga that has come to symbolize public colleges’ vulnerability to political forces in a polarized country. BACKGROUNDER [‘What the Hell Happened?’ Inside the Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case]( By Jack Stripling [image] How a star journalist’s tenure bid entered higher ed’s caldron of politics, race, and money. Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( Paid for and Created by Microsoft [Reaching All College Students]( Worldwide, one in five people deal with some kind of learning disability. With new technology, higher ed has an opportunity to make learning accessible to an even greater population. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Job Announcement Tenure-Track Faculty Position in International Studies at Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University. [Visit jobs.chronicle.com]( for more details. Job Opportunities [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037