Three outside experts retained by the University have found no evidence to support claims made by UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham that some athletes’ reading abilities have not squared with the requirements of college work. Carolina’s… read more
The University has launched a website designed as a one-stop source for information on the issues surrounding the relationship between varsity athletics and academics. Carolinacommitment.unc.edu offers updates on ongoing investigations, a set of… read more
The Student Athletes Human Rights Project, a Durham-based organization dedicated to ending what it says is exploitation of students who are athletes, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights saying UNC… read more
Following is the text of the letter signed by 32 retired UNC faculty members: Of all the questions surrounding the long-running academic-athletic scandal on the Chapel Hill campus, one of the most perplexing and troubling concerns the… read more
Thirty-two retired faculty members have called out their active colleagues on what they call a collective silence during UNC’s academic irregularities involving athletics, saying in an open letter that “the failure to confront these questions… read more
Deborah Crowder ’75, the office manager for the former department of African and Afro-American studies, will not be charged in the academic fraud case being pursued by the Orange County district attorney. James Woodall ’82 (AB, ’85 JD) who… read more
The University announced Friday afternoon that UNC System President Tom Ross ’75 (JD) and Chancellor Carol L. Folt have retained an outside attorney to conduct an independent inquiry of academic irregularities at Carolina based on new information… read more
Madeline Levine — a decorated professor who was on the faculty for 36 years and served as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and twice as a department chair — has written a letter to UNC’s chancellor and provost that backs up… read more
UNC’s chancellor, provost and admissions director stood before a Faculty Council meeting in mid-January and took turns breaking apart the research that academic adviser Mary Willingham had used to assert that many Carolina athletes were… read more
Chancellor Carol Folt emailed the campus community on Thursday following near-daily national media reports related to the long-running academic scandal that spun off the NCAA’s investigation into UNC’s football program. Folt’s message noted… read more