This a critical issue at my University. Last month the BOT selectively refused to tenure one professor among many, all vetted by Department, APT and Provost, simply because their area of scholarship was in Women's Studies.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
The vote against Kiran Asher’s appointment is the second high-profile rejection of a scholar who was otherwise approved by faculty and administrators.
The AAUP-UNC Chapel Hill chapter calls on the Board of Trustees to reverse their vote and respect shared governance and academic freedom, key principles that will allow UNC to continue as one of the best public universities in the world.
Read the full AAUP statement: unc-ch-aaup.org/assets/state...
