Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy Made History Becoming The First Black Professor to Earn Tenure at Oldest College In Louisiana

Dr. Andia Augustin-Billy has made history on Nov. 4, 2021, when she became the first Black professor to earn tenure at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana. “Centenary and other predominantly white institutions need to reckon with their statements of diversity,” Augustin-Billy told Atlanta Black Star. Dr. Augustin-Billy teaches French and Francophone studies at the college, which […]

Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure at University of North Carolina

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was denied tenure at North Carolina University accepted a 5-year contact for a professorship that usually comes with tenure. However, the UNC Black Caucus says Black faculty and graduate students are reacting to the decision by planning to leave the university. On June 16 the caucus a membership group for Black faculty, […]

70% Of Black Caucus Members At UNC Planning To Leave University After Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure

“I am incredibly saddened to hear that 70% of my Black colleagues are looking to leave the university. If this happens, our community will be devastated, and we will all be gravely diminished. These are my UNC family members and they are hurting. We have clearly failed them,” Shayna Hill, chair of the UNC Employee […]

Nikole Hannah-Jones Giving UNC Chapel Hill 48 Hours To Not Get Themselves Into Legal Trouble After Denying Tenure

In response to The Assembly’s article, Hussman said he never pressured anyone from UNC to deny Hannah-Jones tenure. “I feel, as a donor, I should have absolutely nothing to do with the hiring or firing of anybody on the faculty,” he said. “It’s not my decision, but I think I’d be kind of derelict in […]

Cornel West Is Leaving Harvard University After Being Denied Tenure

Cornel West, Ph.D. has secured a tenured professor position at Union Theological Seminary in New York City after a public dispute with Harvard University‘s management, who refused to make his position tenured, according to a Twitter post from West. “I am honored to return back home to Union, to a place with brilliant faculty and moral […]

Cornel West threatens to resign Harvard after being denied request for tenure

Cornel West threatens to resign Harvard University after being denied request for tenure. The professor said he was ready to leave the school after his request for tenure was denied. This would be the second time he’s left the school for unfair treatment. “It is once again this issue of just not putting up with […]