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Tenure Denied Despite Academic Merit | Raleigh News
Kiran Asher, a top-tier candidate with a stellar academic record, was poised to become a distinguished professor in Women and Gender Studies at UNC—only to have her tenure denied by the Board of Trustees in a surprise, unexplained voice vote after months of rigorous vetting. With no official communication or rationale provided, the decision has ignited campus-wide debate over transparency, equity, and whether political forces are influencing faculty appointments—especially given similar controversies involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and the troubling pattern of denying tenure to women of color…
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