security of tenure
Britishnoun
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Her legal team followed up Monday with the letter to the university’s lawyers saying that Hannah-Jones could not “begin employment with the university without the protection and security of tenure.”
From Seattle Times
In a letter addressed to the university this week, Hannah-Jones' legal team said she will not begin her position as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as previously scheduled – and will not take the position without "the protection and security of tenure," NC Policy Watch first reported Tuesday.
From Fox News
"In light of the information which has come to her attention since that time, she cannot begin employment with the University without the protection and security of tenure," the letter read.
From Fox News
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “without the protection and security of tenure,” her legal team said in a letter to school officials.
From Washington Post
The commissioner in charge would need security of tenure, “so that they can’t be sacked every time there’s an election,” says Driscoll.
From Nature
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