Under the settlement of the UNC System dispute, who was authorized to hire all new Black faculty members?

Under the settlement of the UNC System dispute, who was authorized to hire all new Black faculty members?

• A. The UNC System Board of Trustees
• B. Governor of North Carolina
• C. DOE designee
• D. President William Friday

Answer: (D)

The key point is that the UNC System settlement vested the power to hire all new Black faculty members in the system’s president. William Friday, who led the UNC System, was the one designated to carry out these hires across the universities. This arrangement was meant to accelerate desegregation and ensure a unified, system-wide effort to diversify the faculty, rather than having multiple boards or offices slow down or block such hires. The governor or a DOE designee wouldn’t typically handle faculty recruitment in a state university system, and while the Board of Trustees normally oversees hires, this settlement explicitly gave the president the authority to make these faculty appointments.

The key point is that the UNC System settlement vested the power to hire all new Black faculty members in the system’s president. William Friday, who led the UNC System, was the one designated to carry out these hires across the universities. This arrangement was meant to accelerate desegregation and ensure a unified, system-wide effort to diversify the faculty, rather than having multiple boards or offices slow down or block such hires. The governor or a DOE designee wouldn’t typically handle faculty recruitment in a state university system, and while the Board of Trustees normally oversees hires, this settlement explicitly gave the president the authority to make these faculty appointments.