pineknollshoresking said:
Civ, if you knew what you're talking about, you would understand the gentleman that gave the money knew his gift could not have strings attached; however, as any person can and should do is express dissatisfaction when they see it.
For your information, the gift was not contingent on this lady's position at UNC!!! That's a FACT!!!
Oh and BTW, I have told my friends (one of which is the Trustee) that I refused to pay for my daughters education at UNC. It's just not happening! It's become a poking in each other's side when we are together.
We're not saying different things Cary.
I never said that his gift was contingent on Hannah-Jones' employment status.
And I'm sure Hussman did know that UNC didn't have a contractual obligation to consult him on personnel matters, or to factor in his opinion.
But when he lobbies for a certain personnel decision outcome, and UNC's board and/or administrators listen, the issue of him not having a contractual right to weigh in on personnel matters is a difference without a distinction.
When you gift $35 Million to have your name hung on a journalism school, your opinion is going to matter whether you have contractual hiring and firing authority or not. It's dumb to think otherwise.
So if UNC leaders are going to **** their pants when their huge benefactor cries foul about hiring a journalist whose work is extraordinarily provocative, don't you think they should have managed that risk out?
The order of operations should not be
Make Hannah-Jones tenured offer
Receive complaint from Daddy Warbucks due to her obviously incendiary work
**** pants
Retract tenured offer and offer 5-year contract in its place
Start getting tons of bad national press
Threaten to get sued in federal court by the person you're trying to hire
Get even more bad press
**** your pants some more
Dick around and continue deferring vote for tenure
Eventually cave weeks later and offer tenure
Have prospective hire publicly humiliate you by teaching at another university days after you finally offer tenure
I'm pretty sure that's not textbook hiring or PR practices, especially for an allegedly esteemed institution.