Provost James W. Dean Jr. and Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham are the leaders of a new group that is working toward assessing and enhancing the ways the University provides academic support to athletes. The Student-Athlete Academic Initiative… read more
Basketball star P.J. Hairston has been suspended from the team indefinitely by coach Roy Williams ’72 after another run-in with the law. Hairston, who saw charges of marijuana possession and unlicensed driving dropped by a Durham County court… read more
Charges of marijuana possession and driving without a license against UNC basketball player P.J. Hairston have been dropped, according to a deputy clerk of Durham County Superior Court. Hairston, who led the Carolina men’s basketball team in… read more
Carolina’s accreditation agency has decided not to sanction the University in connection with irregularities involving the department of African and Afro-American studies, according to a statement issued by the chancellor’s office. The campus… read more
Michelle Brown, a former varsity volleyball player with more than 15 years’ experience working in academic support for college athletes, will start work May 6 as director of the University’s Academic Support Program for… read more
Carolina is convening a panel of leaders in higher education and athletics on April 19 to consider the role of athletics in the life of Carolina. The idea of a panel originated in a report produced in 2012 by the Faculty Executive Committee. In… read more
The University has been calling the roll on attendance in classes this semester — not by individuals but to make sure the classes are being held and that a faculty member is present. An unadvertised program sent 16 staff people from UNC… read more
The University’s accreditation agency has notified Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 that UNC is out of compliance with principles of accreditation in the scandal involving academic fraud in the department of African and Afro-American studies. A… read more
A UNC System Board of Governors panel investigating incidents of academic fraud at UNC has come to essentially the same conclusions as others who have looked into the matter. In a 36-page report released Thursday, the panel of BOG members adopted… read more
Anyone who awaited the Martin Report with a fear of damaging new revelations in Carolina’s yearlong academic scandal can be assumed to be having happier holidays (depending on point of view) — the four-month investigation turned up very little… read more