AAUP
The chancellor’s reversal is a victory for all who care about higher education in North Carolina and beyond. “This policy would’ve created a Big Brother atmosphere in the classroom that would stifle the free exchange of ideas, chill student discussion, and suppress the requisite willingness to ask questions and take intellectual risks,” said AAUP President Todd Wolfson. “Unethical surveillance policies have no place in higher education.” (emphasis added)