UNC-CH scraps ‘surreptitious’ recording policy; some faculty still have concerns

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 536

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts drew applause Friday when he announced that the university would rescind its policy of secretly recording, but not every faculty member was reassured.

“I don’t want any colleague, no matter their discipline or their views, to feel like someone is sitting over their shoulder like Big Brother, taking notes of what lines they cross,” Abigail Hatcher, an adjunct professor at UNC, told Newsline on Monday.

Hatcher, who is also …

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