Academic Scandal UpdatesLost in UNC's 12-game basketball winning streak and the head-scratching, inexplicable #goacc moments of Syracuse losing to Georgia Tech followed by Duke losing to Wake...
Thursday March 6, 2014
DA: no charges for Crowder in UNC fraud caseThe prosecutor leading an investigation into fraud in an academic department at North Carolina says a retired administrator tied to the case won't face charges...
Tuesday March 4, 2014
My Experience as a UNC Learning SpecialistAlthough I acknowledge UNC has admitted athletes who were too underprepared to succeed here, and that doing so put academic counselors in difficult positions, I...
Monday March 3, 2014
UNC Professor: We Should Give Up the ChampionshipsPaul Barrett discusses his Bloomberg Businessweek cover story featuring the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's fake class scandal and UNC Professor Jay Smith...
Friday February 28, 2014
In Fake Classes Scandal, UNC Fails Its Athletes—and Whistle-BlowerActing as an unnamed source, Mary Willingham had been feeding information since 2011 about academic fraud to a reporter with the News & Observer in...
Thursday February 27, 2014
Truth and Literacy at UNCOver the past month or so, I have watched with dismay as the local and national media have created a spectacular melodrama out of what...
Tuesday February 25, 2014
Q&A with UNC assistant athletic director for communications Kevin Best on his time in SochiThere weren’t any athletes from North Carolina competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics, but there was at least one Tar Heel in Sochi, Russia. Kevin...
Tuesday February 25, 2014
Independent counsel to conduct inquiry of information about academic irregularitiesUniversity of North Carolina President Tom Ross and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol L. Folt have retained an outside attorney to conduct an independent inquiry of...
Friday February 21, 2014
How The Tar Heels Learned To RISE Above CrisisFor the Tar Heels, the solution to their academic-athletic problems would come in the way of a new operational framework named RISE (Responsibility, Innovation, Service,...
Thursday February 20, 2014
Faculty Executive Committee discusses resources for athletesUNC is continuing to extend resources to student-athletes to better fulfill their needs. Michelle Brown, director of the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes, touted the...
Wednesday February 12, 2014
Mary Willingham Considers Suing UNC Provost Jim Dean Over CommentsUNC clinical counselor and academic advisor Mary Willingham says she’s considering a lawsuit against Provost Jim Dean for his comments about her release of data...
Tuesday February 11, 2014
Faculty executives consider effects of recent news on athletesFor many, recent news addressing UNC athletics and academics have been reduced to words printed on a page. But for UNC student-athletes, the emotional effects...
Wednesday February 5, 2014
Carolina Black Caucus Says “Let Us Heal”Carolina Black Caucus chair Dr. Deborah Stroman says the continued focus on claims of illiteracy at UNC have caused damage to the university. “I would...
Tuesday February 4, 2014
Art’s Angle: Getting It RightMary Willingham is right in one thing she says: we owe a relatively few athletes who don’t or can’t find it for themselves a better...
Monday February 3, 2014
Carolina Black Caucus Releases Statement Of UnityWe stand united for – ...Black athletes who face stereotype, threat, and are targets of ridicule...Black athletes who work hard and smart to achieve victories...
Sunday February 2, 2014
High-Ranking UNC Educator Supports Willingham’s ClaimsFormer interim dean of UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and current Kenan Professor Emerita of Slavic Literatures, Madeline Levine wrote a letter to Chancellor...
Friday January 31, 2014
Video: Matt Merletti, Mary Willingham Interviewed about UNC academic issuesUniversity of North Carolina's Mary Willingham put out a controversial study on the literacy levels of UNC athletes. The results coincided with information that some...
Thursday January 30, 2014
UNC Student Body Pres: “Disgusted” By Athlete/Academic AccusationsAt Thursday’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, UNC student body president Christy Lambden spoke out harshly against recent allegations that a majority of Carolina...
Saturday January 25, 2014
Bubba Cunningham calls for raising academic entrance requirements for athletesAs UNC continues to face the fallout of an academic adviser's report that many of the school's football and basketball players struggle with basic reading...
Friday January 24, 2014
University response to student academic records lawsuitThursday night, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was notified that The News & Observer has filed a lawsuit seeking student academic records...
Friday January 24, 2014
The modern-day college athlete is a product of the fanBlame Twitter, blame the media, blame Mary Willingham, blame fans for sticking their heads in the sand for decades, but the public is finally being...
Friday January 24, 2014
Folt tells trustees UNC has 'to accept scrutiny'New chancellor Carol Folt said the University of North Carolina lacked enough oversight of some courses when she spoke to the Board of Trustees Thursday...
Thursday January 23, 2014
UNC Board of Trustees review status of Mary Willingham's researchUNC officials and a review board are trying to get to the bottom of research that claims some student athletes have poor reading skills. The...
Thursday January 23, 2014
A Message from Chancellor Carol L. FoltToday, I am asking for a renewed effort by everyone, regardless of your opinions, to encourage civil debate and discourse about these complex issues. I...
Wednesday January 22, 2014
Institutional Review Board: Mary Willingham never had research approvalWe did not suspend approval for Mary Willingham’s research. She has never had Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, so there was no approval to suspend...
Wednesday January 22, 2014
UNC Provost To Speak On Athletic/Academic Reforms WednesdayUNC Provost Jim Dean, who led the conversation in which University leaders refuted data and collection methods behind the claims that read at a level...
Tuesday January 21, 2014
Four Blunt Points About UNC, College Sports, and Academic CorruptionThe powers that be in North Carolina seem unable to accept that the scandal roiling the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has become ground...
Tuesday January 21, 2014
UNC will seek outside research into athlete literacyThere have been eight reports released on the relationship between academics and athletics at UNC in the past three years — and more related investigations...
Tuesday January 21, 2014
UNC Comes Out Swinging at Mary WillinghamAt the end of last week, UNC launched a three-pronged response to the assertions of Mary Willingham that was so lucid and well-executed it made...
Monday January 20, 2014
Folt attends White House Summit, Flies On Air Force One With PresidentUNC Chancellor Carol Folt made a trip to the White House Thursday to meet with visit President Barack Obama for a day-long summit on how...
Saturday January 18, 2014