You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
UNC releases more NCAA probe records
UNC-CH grudgingly turned loose their death grip on some more records produced during the 2010 NCAA investigation into allegations related to agents and academic improprieties earlier today. While rather damning, let us not forget that at this point the NCAA considers this a dead issue. Nonetheless, Dan Kan and J. Andrew Curliss of the N&O [...]
Academic Fraud Cesspool Deeper Than Previously Revealed
The N&O’s Dan Kane and J. Andrew Curliss have some new nuggets for us to ponder, some of which has been gleaned from some internal emails from academic/athletic support staff. Nothing groundbreaking as far as the what or where, mind you. But the scope of academic fraud at UNC-CH, not to mention the length of [...]
AFAM Grads Shocked: “We worked hard”
Graduates of the AFAM Studies Department at the University* of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they were surprised and disheartened to learn of the academic scandal involving the department. This according to the N&O’s Dan Kane. Seems Dan sat down recently and spoke with some people who actually had to do some work to [...]
Thorp: We’ve learned our lesson…we promise
The N&O’s Dan Kane keeps the heat on, keeping the stench from southern Orange County in the public eye (or nose, as it were). Overnight he reported that UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp appeared before the university faculty at the first Faculty Council meeting of the new academic year. Despite the fresh start of a new [...]
UNC-CH’s promises still ring hollow
The local media outlets today are reporting at least part of what was forged from yesterday’s double secret behind closed door meeting of the UNC System BOG panel. It’s hard to believe it took 5+ hours for this. I’m going to paste some quotes below, but please click the links and read both in their [...]
UNC BOG panel discusses academic fraud behind closed doors
The N&O is reporting this afternoon that A UNC system BOG panel met for more than five hours behind closed doors, citing confidentiality and privacy issues. The purpose of the meeting was reportedly to discuss UNC-CH’s current academic fraud issues… CHAPEL HILL — A UNC Board of Governors panel met for more than five hours [...]
Kane: Academic support director for UNC athletes quietly moved out of job
The N&O’s Dan Kane continues to keep the pressure on and keep the NEW Carolina Way in the public eye. This go ’round he seems to want us to be aware of some recent personnel changes within the UNC-CH academic support program for athletes (is that an oxymoron or what?). Pasted below are a few [...]
Burley Mitchell: Who’s Minding the Store?
If you live under a rock and missed Monday’s transcript-gate issues, be sure to catch up here and here before going on. – My new favorite drinking buddy (with whom I haven’t yet drank), the N&O’s Dan Kane, pens another piece – Peppers’ transcript might point to broader academic issues at UNC. No new [...]
As North Carolina academic scandal deepens, all eyes on Mark Emmert
So while Mr. Big Stick thumped his chest about Penn State—before and after delivering the sanctions—we haven’t heard squat from him about what will become the worst infractions case in the history of college sports. And that was before the latest mind-numbing details released Monday by the News & Observer: the gross case of academic [...]