Julius Nyang’oro, the man at the center of the controversy over fraudulent academics at UNC, is cooperating in the latest investigation into the matter. Independent investigator Kenneth Wainstein told members of the news media on June 20 that… read more
Rashad McCants, one of the stars of Carolina’s 2005 national basketball championship team, says that during his three years at UNC, he was steered to African and Afro-American studies classes that never met — and that that maneuver might… read more
A Wake County judge on Monday denied The News & Observer access to a record the newspaper had sought as part of its coverage of Carolina’s nearly four-year-long academic fraud case. The N&O sued the University in… read more
Mary Willingham, who has attracted national attention since January after asserting that many Carolina athletes were substandard readers with little chance for academic success in college, says she plans to resign from the University at the end… read more
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
Carolina’s Chi Phi fraternity is prohibited from social functions for one year and must hire a resident adviser, punishments imposed by its national office following an investigation into alleged alcohol and hazing incidents last fall. “After… 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