The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.
Florida officials rejected Santa Ono of Michigan as the next president of the state’s flagship university, revealing how deeply politicized higher education has become.
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 Trustees moved these personnel actions forward given the impact the deferral caused on departments,” the university said in a statement. “The university will continue to weigh all factors when considering the timing of expenditures given the current fiscal environment.”
The university isn’t losing accreditation, but the move signals the administration’s latest attempt to ratchet up pressure on Ivy League institutions and accreditors.
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