UNC professor Jay Smith suspects external involvement in removal of his college athletics class
Posted Feb 7, 2017
At the end of the fall 2016 semester, the history department made the decision to remove History 383 — a class exploring the history of college athletics and rights of college athletes — from the course listings for the upcoming spring semester. Professor Jay Smith, who taught the course, said he believes someone outside the department influenced this decision.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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