Dr. Abigail Hatcher discusses the debates over academic freedom and a scrapped surveillance policy
Abigail M. Hatcher, PhD (Photo: UNC.edu)
Among the many controversial actions taken by North Carolina public university leaders since Republicans at the state legislature took control of the system and campus boards, few have provoked greater concern than a recent announcement that administrators at UNC Chapel Hill would begin secretly recording classroom lectures and discussions.
In addition to their concerns about the basic and creepy Big Brother aspects of such a proposal, faculty members in Chapel Hill pushed back forcefully against the plan as an unwarranted move that would stifle…
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