UNC Board of Trustees Approves 32 Delayed Tenure Appointments After Faculty Outcry

After Delay, Chapel Hill Board Votes to Award Tenure

After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees, after not publicly explaining why it hadn’t awarded tenure to faculty outside of health-related schools since 2025 began, granted tenure to 33 faculty members this week. “The university administration and Board of Tr…

UNC Board of Trustees approves 32 delayed tenure appointments after faculty outcry

After concerns over a lack of professors receiving tenure in 2025, the UNC Board of Trustees used a written ballot to confer tenure on more than two dozen employees.

UNC trustees approve faculty tenure after monthslong delay

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees has approved faculty tenure appointments after months of delays, which drew strong criticism from faculty across the UNC System. The board had previously limited approvals to health sciences, prompting widespread concern and organized pushback.