No one dreams of earning a college degree under wiretap conditions

By: Abigail Hatcher, PhD

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 748

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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Last Monday, February 16th, UNC-Chapel Hill launched a surveillance policy that allows campus administrators to hijack microphones in the classroom for secret recordings. These technologies were installed at taxpayer expense to support online lectures, but now administrators can use them to record classroom discussions.

This type of intrusive action is ending careers and diminishing teaching and learning across the state. It also represents a broader pattern of dismantling institutions that serve the public good, …

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