UNC has been plagued by an academic-athletic scandal that has led to one of the biggest investigations into academic improprieties in NCAA history.
The scandal, which was fully unearthed by the Wainstein report in October 2014, revolves around the former Department of African and African-American Studies. Wainstein's report detailed nearly two decades of no-show classes that allowed many athletes to stay eligible and inflated the grades of non-athletes as well.
The investigation into UNC began in 2010, after a tweet from former football player Marvin Austin exposed potential illegal benefits. After it was revealed there were inappropriate agent contact with coaches and players, NCAA investigators and reporters examined UNC's academics more closely, eventually revealing the academic fraud within the former Department of African and African-American Studies.
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"In retrospect, the fact that an alleged academic fraud was investigated at UNC — a University known for their lack of transparency — is no surprise."
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“It seems like the general consensus that academic freedom is the goal of the left, and academic suppression is the goal of the right. We also need to think about how to promote more diverse conversations on campuses, not have this just be the bastion of the liberal elite.”
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"I believe that students should be able to know the context of the classes that they take. So, instead of ignoring my perspective as a former student of History 383, I decided to embrace it. I wanted to understand how this class came to be, so I decided to start from the beginning."
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After the former director of basketball operations at the University of Louisville paid for prostitutes and lap dances for players and recruits, the NCAA stripped the university of their 2013 men's basketball national title. The NCAA upheld its decision to remove the title after Louisville appealed the original decision. Louisville plans to move forward in an honest and positive way.
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In a letter posted to the university's website, John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, criticized the NCAA's decision to deny the appeal to restore the school’s 21 vacated football victories. In the letter, Jenkins alludes to UNC's academic scandal as one of "striking contrast."
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Over the past six years, Bubba Cunningham has overseen nine national titles and 10 runner-up finishes as athletic director. With a contract renewed by Chancellor Folt on Nov. 17, he has six more years at UNC to add to the trophy case.
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UNC's academic scandal recently came to a close, but its effects are ongoing. In response to the academic irregularities that were brought to light in 2011, the University instituted several policy reforms. The reforms are described as "extensive steps in the long journey to bring a painful chapter in campus history to a proper conclusion."
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The cost of the University of North Carolina's athletic-academic scandal neared $18 million, spanned more than six years and ultimately raised more questions than it answered — as the NCAA's Friday decision has left some wondering what it means to be a student athlete.
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After a years-long investigation and back-and-forth with the NCAA, the organization announced Friday that it could not determine UNC’s 'paper courses' constituted an NCAA violation.
Read More »At 10 a.m. this morning, the NCAA will publicly release its report from the Committee on Infractions regarding its decision on UNC’s athletic-academic scandal.
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In a characteristic twist for this case, another delay is holding up the process.
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Nashville, Tenn. — Six years and three notices of allegations since the first reports of a possible athletic-academic scandal at UNC, the NCAA held a Nashville-based hearing on Wednesday and Thursday — one with coaches and university representatives on the roster.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — North Carolina’s highly anticipated hearing in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions began today in Nashville, Tenn. The hearing is closed to the public, but assistant sports editor James Tatter is on the scene with some updates from the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
Read More »On the afternoon of July 25, UNC released correspondence between the University and the NCAA following UNC’s release of their response to the NCAA’s third Notice of Allegations on May 25.
Read More »UNC has released their response to the NCAA's third Notice of Allegations on their Carolina Commitment website after a review to protect privacy rights.
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