The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reversed a newly adopted policy that had authorized administrators to secretly record classes, the chancellor told faculty after protests and legal fallout. Chancellor Lee Roberts said the policy failed to provide clarity and reassurance; the reversal follows revelations that instructors at Kenan‑Flagler Business School had been secretly recorded in 2024 and a federal lawsuit filed by teaching professor Larry Chavis alleging retaliation and First Amendment violations. Attorney Artur Davis, representing Chavis, says evidence indicates selective targeting of professors, a claim that will be tested in the upcoming summary‑judgment phase of the litigation. The episode has put faculty governance, classroom privacy, and administrative oversight at the center of campus debate.