Universities are confronting high‑profile confrontations and new surveillance rules that complicate faculty governance and campus freedom. Ohio State placed an assistant professor on leave after a viral video showed him tackling a documentarian trying to question former president E. Gordon Gee; the university called the incident “very concerning” and launched an investigation. Separately, the University of North Carolina adopted a policy allowing administrators to record faculty for “lawful purposes,” raising questions about campus surveillance, due process, and classroom autonomy.