NCAA rejects UNC's response as 'without merit'
The NCAA enforcement staff has rejected UNC’s most recent defense against potential penalties for its academic scandal, as shown in documents released Tuesday by the University.
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The NCAA enforcement staff has rejected UNC’s most recent defense against potential penalties for its academic scandal, as shown in documents released Tuesday by the University.
In October 2014, the public was given what was considered the end of UNC’s yearslong academic-athletic scandal: independent investigator Kenneth Wainstein’s report.
UNC submitted its first monitoring report March 11 in response to its accrediting agency, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which identified seven concerns they had that were not sufficiently answered by UNC’s response in January 2015.
This story is part of a series from The Daily Tar Heel examining the more than 70 reforms the University has said were made since information about the academic-athletic scandal came to light in 2010. The complete list of reforms can be found on carolinacommitment.unc.edu.
A new senior-level position now exists as a demonstration of the University’s commitment to integrity.
The day the Wainstein report was released in 2014, Chancellor Carol Folt said nine UNC-Chapel Hill employees would face disciplinary review but refused to name them.
Brent Blanton and Travis Gore have been fired for their involvement in UNC's academic-athletic scandal, according to a letter posted by the University today.
Check out this interactive graphic to see what UNC employees named in the Wainstein report think about it one year later:
In fall 2010, 104 students were majoring in the former Department of African and Afro-American Studies.
To “make whole” is a legal term, explains Carrboro resident Andrew Dykers.
The final investigation.
In the first episode of Fair Game, Director of Enterprise Bradley Saacks sat down with former N.C. Supreme Court Justice and current UNC School of Law professor Robert Orr to talk about the status of his suit against the University and the NCAA, if he can still enjoy college sports and where he sees the NCAA in 10 years.
In the first episode of Fair Game — a podcast examining current issues in colleges athletics —Director of Enterprise Bradley Saacks sat down with former N.C. Supreme Court Justice and current UNC School of Law professor Robert Orr to talk about about the status of his case against the University and the NCAA, if he can still enjoy college sports and where he sees the NCAA in 10 years.
In a notice of allegations released Thursday by UNC, the NCAA alleged multiple level one violations and cited a history of infractions that indicate a lack of institutional control at UNC.
UNC announced it received a notice of allegations from the NCAA Friday afternoon in a press release, confirming a report by Inside Carolina.
Jan Boxill is refuting records that indicate she taught 160 independent study courses during an eight-year period at UNC.
The proposals, headed by committee member Erianne Weight and professor Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, include an onboarding course to be taken in an athlete’s first semester on campus and an elite or applied performance minor for athletes.
Bobbi Owen said she wants to be known as a professor of dramatic art.
After the Wainstein report was released in October, the University introduced several initiatives to address the wrongdoings it revealed.