Faculty governance and academic integrity are at the center of new policy and personnel controversies. South Dakota’s Board of Regents adopted a post-tenure review policy described by officials as accountability-driven and by critics as a threat to tenure. Meanwhile, the University System of Maryland completed a confidential investigation into allegations of academic misconduct at its flagship—an inquiry that cost up to $600,000 and whose full report the system refuses to release. South Dakota’s move follows state-level pressure for performance measures and arrives amid concerns that post-tenure review could be used to penalize faculty for nonadministrative reasons. At Maryland, the Ropes & Gray-led probe concluded no misconduct finding for the president but acknowledged overlapping text in multiple publications; the institution has withheld the full investigative file citing personnel confidentiality. Academic leaders, faculty unions, and legal scholars warn both developments could chill scholarship and shared governance. Universities must now balance public accountability, faculty due process, and transparency demands from trustees, lawmakers, and the campus community.