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After having ZERO in 66 games at Arizona, Henri Veesaar is now your ACC leader in double-doubles with 12 this season.
#UNC is 11-1 when Veesaar posts a double-double.
Different player in Chapel Hill. 🐏
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University of North Carolina moves to define academic freedom – Asheville Citizen-Times
EDUCATION
UNC System moves to define academic freedom, battles profs union
By Clayton Henkel, NC Newline, Asheville Citizen Times, Jan. 30, 2026, 6:04 a.m. ET
The UNC Systems’ Committee on University Governance gave an initial nod Wednesday to a formal definition for academic freedom.
“Academic freedom as a concept is included in our code and has been for some time,” explained Andrew Tripp, UNC System’s senior vice president and general counsel. “What has been lacking is a definition of academic freedom for both faculty and students.”
Tripp said university leadership identified that gap over a year ago and tasked the chair of UNC’s Faculty Assembly and others to work out a consensus definition that could govern how university campuses operate.
“It does a couple of things — that definition defines [academic freedom] in words that our faculty assembly have provided, but it also talks about what academic freedom is with concrete examples and where it applies most pointedly to protect the classroom and course development, research, and scholarly inquiry,” Tripp said.
The proposed policy also defines what academic freedom isn’t, which is important to acknowledge, Tripp told members of the Board of Governors.
“I think it’s a good balance of what the responsibilities we have are and what the opportunities we have are, because academic freedom is critical to us using our expertise to do the teaching and research the faculty are supposed to do,” Maki said.
The policy defines academic freedom as “the foundational principle that protects the rights of all faculty to engage in teaching, research/creative activities, service, and scholarly inquiry without undue influence. It ensures that faculty can freely pursue knowledge; express, discuss and debate ideas; and contribute to knowledge and understanding related to their areas of expertise.”
The policy further states that faculty have the rights and responsibility to determine “pedagogical strategies, instructional materials, evaluation methods, and classroom discourse that supports student learning” provided those methods align with professional standards.
But the policy also cautions that academic freedom is not absolute.
Under the policy, faculty are expected to exercise academic freedom that falls “within the parameters established by academic disciplines, professions, and in compliance with institutional policies and rules.”
Other guardrails spell out that academic freedom does not permit instructors to teach content “clearly unrelated” to the course description or to use university resources for political or ideological advocacy.
The North Carolina State Conference of the American Association of University Professors says that proposed revisions to the policy differ considerably from language adopted in the UNC Faculty Assembly’s Resolution on Academic Freedom back in October 2025. What started as six lines defining the limitations of academic freedom last fall mushroomed to 35 lines when presented this week.
“That’s a really big increase, and that increase was not done in a way that was presented with shared governance, but that increase was done with very little faculty input over the holiday break when very little faculty were even available to weigh in,” said Annelise Mennicke, a AAUP member and associate professor in the School of Social Work at UNC-Charlotte.
Attorneys for NCAAUP say the list of parameters effectively weakens the historical scope of academic freedom.
“Much of the language in the Resolution and proposed additional language is also vague and, therefore, risks creating an academic environment that is inconsistent with principles of academic freedom and free speech articulated by the United States Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit,” NCAAUP attorneys write in a January 26 letter to the UNC System.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
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#UNC teammates Seth Trimble, Caleb Wilson, Derek Dixon, and Zayden High among an outpouring of love for Jarin Stevenson after a big game in the upset win over UVA.
17 points. 16 minutes.
The chemistry is starting to bud with this group.
In 66 games at Arizona, Henri Veesaar had ZERO double-doubles. He's now up to 10 this season.
He's also scored in double figures in all 19 games and leads #UNC in plus/minus at plus 279.
PLAYER. 📈
Finally seeing a little foot-on-throat from #UNC tonight.
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ESPN’s two-hour broadcast windows for basketball games often lead fans to scramble to see the start of their favorite team’s games. The later frustration for #UNC fans about how the Cal game played out came after many vented their anger on social media because they missed a large chunk of the first half. ESPN says it was a “technical issue.” https://tarheeltribune.com/2026/01/19/espn-says-technical-issue-led-fans-to-miss-large-chunk-of-unc-cal-game/
New UNC policy requiring syllabi be posted online takes effect – The Carolina Journal
UNC System President Peter Hans addresses the universitys Board of Governors. (Screen shot from the BOG’s live video stream).Education, State Government, Universities
New UNC policy requiring syllabi be posted online takes effect
By David N. Bass, January 16, 2026
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University of North Carolina System president Peter Hans is implementing a new policy that requires instructors to post course descriptions and syllabi to an online searchable database. The move is designed to increase public transparency, with recent polling showing growing skepticism toward institutions of higher education.
Under the directive from Hans that took effect Jan. 15, the syllabi must include:
- Course name, prefix, and description
- Goals, objectives, and student learning outcomes
- Explanation of assessment, grading scale, assignment breakdown, and impact of attendance/participation
- List of all required course materials
- A statement affirming the course engages diverse scholarly perspectives for critical thinking and that reading inclusion doesn’t imply endorsement
The directive also mandates that syllabi be posted to an online searchable database “no later than one week prior to the first day of classes for the applicable semester or session.” If the materials are not available due to operational limitations, they must be posted by the first day of classes.
“There is no question that making course syllabi publicly available will mean hearing feedback and criticism from people who may disagree with what’s being taught or how it’s being presented,” Hans told the News & Observer. “That’s a normal fact of life at a public institution, and we should expect a vibrant and open society to have debates that extend beyond the walls of campus.”
The move has garnered opposition from the NC American Association of University Professors.
“This policy will stifle academic freedom, chill free inquiry, and expose educators and students to politically motivated attacks and targeted harassment. At its core, this new directive is an effort to intimidate instructors whose research and teaching delves into subject matter that some politicians don’t want to see explored,” said AAUP President Todd Wolfson in a statement.
“Dark money–funded right-wing activists and their allies in the UNC System’s leadership are attempting to strangle critical thought and the free exchange of academic thought by harassing faculty, disrupting student learning, and threatening the pursuit of truth,” Wolfson added. “Ultimately, Peter Hans’ regulation amounts to a doxxing database that will further empower those attempting to censor teaching and learning in the UNC System.”
Jenna Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, wrote a letter praising the decision by Hans but cautioned that more needs to be done.
“The UNC System’s decision to make syllabi public is a significant step towards greater transparency,” Robinson said. “It’s disappointing that not all reading materials will be listed in syllabi. I hope this can be addressed in a subsequent policy revision.”
A Pew Research Center poll from October found that seven-in-10 Americans now say higher education is generally headed in the wrong direction. That’s an increase from 56% who said the same in 2020.
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DrWeb’s Response to This at UNC campuses and elsewhere…
This is overly zealous, over-reaching policy, exposure to negative reactions, lawsuits, professors critized publicly and more, no good reason. Anyone can request the materials. That’s a valid policy. Have them available on demand. Prevents trolling and Internet “wackos” from causing schools and teachers major issues.
Hidden in all this is what this is all about. DEI. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. Right-wing Trump and other supporters view that DEI is bad, discriminates against “white people,” and so on. Though hidden in these outcomes, this is what is causing this shift and change in academic freedoms and public information about higher education. Isn’t it the University’s goal to offer broad, diverse views? Isn’t it the University’s goal to empart valuable modern views about society, its groups, its economy, its education? By your process, you prevent those philosphies and views from having a chance to be voiced in your institutions. That is a hidden kind of “censorship,” and violates our freedoms in America.
Online invites unintended consequences, harm, or legal challenges. Your attempted “social experiment” will harm your students, faculty, and higher education. No good reason to boldly go where no one needs to go –and put up a red flag –here’s what we teach, if you don’t like it, complain, sue, argue, post publicly and so on.
Your thinking is stone age. This is 2026, and not everything needs total full public disclosure. Show me your tax returns next? Did you accept any gifts or income last year to teach this or that? And so on.. Broaden your thinking and your values. Public disclosure has many harmful consequences, and no added benefit. –DrWeb, my views…
See Also: ACLU about this type of action by Trump in 2nd term: https://www.aclu.org/trump-on-dei-and-anti-discrimination-law
Here’s the other schools and actions like the one at UNC, as developed for me and this post by Gemini.
Other Major Schools Doing Similar Public Disclosure…
The January 16, 2026, report from the Carolina Journal confirms that the UNC System’s mandate, directed by President Peter Hans, officially took effect on January 15. This policy (Regulation 400.1.6[R]) requires all 16 campuses to maintain an online, searchable database accessible to the public.
For your post on DrWeb’s Domain, here is the specific list of institutions and systems where similar public-facing mandates have been implemented. These databases are explicitly designed to allow external parties to monitor course content, reading lists, and faculty credentials.
U.S. Public Institutions with Searchable Syllabus Databases
Institution / SystemStateStatus / MandateLegal/Policy MechanismUNC System (16 Campuses)NCActive (Jan 2025/2026)UNC Policy 400.1.6: Mandates searchable public databases for all undergraduate courses.Texas Public UniversitiesTXActive (Since 2009)HB 2504: Requires “one-click” public access to all syllabi and instructor CVs on university homepages.Florida State Univ. SystemFLActive (Since 2022)HB 7 / SB 7044: Requires searchable databases of all materials 45 days before classes start.Indiana UniversityINActive (July 2025)SB 202: Mandates all public institutions publish syllabi via official web portals.Purdue UniversityINActive (July 2025)SB 202: Part of the same state mandate as Indiana University.University System of GeorgiaGAActive (Fall 2025)Board of Regents Policy: Requires online posting for all courses via centralized platforms (e.g., Simple Syllabus).Arizona State UniversityAZActiveInstitutional Policy: Maintains a fully indexed public class search with mandatory syllabus and textbook icons.University of South CarolinaSCActiveInstitutional Policy: Maintains a “Faculty Syllabus Archive” for public and legislative review.Key Findings for DrWeb’s Domain
- Public Record Reclassification: The Carolina Journal article highlights that the UNC policy treats syllabi as public records. This shift is critical as it bypasses faculty claims of intellectual property or “academic freedom” in favor of taxpayer and legislative “transparency.”
- The “Doxxing” Database Concern: As noted in the UNC debate, faculty groups (like the AAUP) have explicitly labeled these searchable repositories as “doxxing databases” intended to facilitate politically motivated harassment of educators whose subject matter is deemed controversial by outside activists.
- Uniformity through Vendors: Many of these institutions are moving away from decentralized department PDFs and toward third-party aggregators like Simple Syllabus and CourseLeaf. These platforms make it easier for external groups to run automated keyword searches (e.g., for “equity,” “gender,” or “social justice”) across an entire state’s higher education system simultaneously.
- Pre-emptive Scrutiny: The Florida model is the most aggressive, requiring public access 45 days prior to the start of the semester. This allows for public complaints and legal questions to be raised before a single lecture has been delivered.
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Or any point guard the last 3 games…
Okorie becomes the 3rd straight point guard to score 27+ against #UNC. Any stat on the last time that happened @awaytoworthy@twitter.com? https://twitter.com/jacobturnernc/status/2011643880509423770
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