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UNC faculty urge board to uphold hiring process in Kiran Asher case
Asher's appointment to the Department of Women's and Gender Studies was rejected by the board on May 13, sparking the controversy.
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Ankita Baidya - Tue, 09, Jun 2026
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A UNC faculty group has criticized the rejection of Indian-origin scholar Kiran Asher's appointment. / University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's faculty chapter has urged the university's Board of Trustees to reverse its decision to reject Indian-origin scholar Kiran Asher's appointment, saying the move threatens academic freedom.
In a statement released June 5, the faculty group accused trustees of overriding recommendations made by academic experts without providing a public explanation for the decision.
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