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Quick Takes

UNC Chancellor Scraps Secret Recording Policy

Two weeks after introducing a policy that allowed administrators to secretly record faculty members during class, University of North Carolina...
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Faculty Academic Freedom

UNC Board OKs Definition of What Academic Freedom Is, and Isn’t

The university system dropped proposed language saying teaching “clearly unrelated to the course description” wouldn’t be protected. The AAUP remained opposed.

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Quick Takes

N.C. Community College Fires Professor for Kirk Comments

Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, N.C., fired a professor for “unacceptable behavior” after he was secretly recorded criticizing the...
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Quick Takes

After Researching Tenure’s History, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End It

Tennessee’s House Higher Ed Subcommittee chair has withdrawn his bill to end tenure in public universities after saying he “stumbled...
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Diversity

Kansas May Withhold Millions From Universities With ‘DEI-CRT’ in Gen Ed

The budget bill would also freeze tuition revenue, allow institutions to fire tenured faculty faster and develop plans to eliminate a tenth of positions and expenses from universities’ leadership offices.

Columns Debatable Ideas

Censorship Is Bigger in Texas

Texas officials apparently think Texas students are stupid snowflakes who must be protected from hearing controversial ideas.

By John K. Wilson

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean

Don’t Record What You Don’t Want to Have to Watch

Playing Big Brother would get tiring quickly. Any provost with enough time to review the videos of hundreds of classes isn’t doing their job.

By Matt Reed

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Faculty Academic Freedom

UNC Administrators Can Now Secretly Record Faculty

The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”