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UNC receives NCAA notice of allegations in academic case
AARON BEARD
North Carolina has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA connected to the school's academic fraud scandal. In a statement Friday, Chancellor Carol Folt and athletic director Bubba Cunningham said UNC is reviewing the notice and will release it publicly at a later date. The statement did not reveal the contents of the document, which the NCAA uses to specify rules violations. UNC's response is due in 90 days.
The NCAA reopened a probe into academic misconduct last summer connected to the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM) department. The focus was courses which were often treated as independent studies that required no class time and one or two research papers.
An investigation conducted by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein stated that an office administrator not a faculty member typically handed out assignments then high grades after only a scan of the work.
Wainstein's October report also found the fraud ran from 1993 to 2011 and affected more than 3,100 students, roughly half being athletes. The report outlined how academic counselors enrolled athletes in those classes and how poor oversight throughout the university allowed the fraud to run unchecked for so long.
The school also faces questions from its accreditation agency, while the fraud case has led to several lawsuits from ex-UNC athletes against the school or NCAA.
The NCAA's reopened probe grew out of a 2010 investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct within the football program. The NCAA issued sanctions in that case in March 2012, including vacated wins, scholarship reductions and a one-year postseason ban as well as three years of probation.
UNC Charlotte does not have classes that students do not have to go to.
UNC receives NCAA notice of allegations in academic case
AARON BEARD
North Carolina has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA connected to the school's academic fraud scandal. In a statement Friday, Chancellor Carol Folt and athletic director Bubba Cunningham said UNC is reviewing the notice and will release it publicly at a later date. The statement did not reveal the contents of the document, which the NCAA uses to specify rules violations. UNC's response is due in 90 days.
The NCAA reopened a probe into academic misconduct last summer connected to the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM) department. The focus was courses which were often treated as independent studies that required no class time and one or two research papers.
An investigation conducted by former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein stated that an office administrator not a faculty member typically handed out assignments then high grades after only a scan of the work.
Wainstein's October report also found the fraud ran from 1993 to 2011 and affected more than 3,100 students, roughly half being athletes. The report outlined how academic counselors enrolled athletes in those classes and how poor oversight throughout the university allowed the fraud to run unchecked for so long.
The school also faces questions from its accreditation agency, while the fraud case has led to several lawsuits from ex-UNC athletes against the school or NCAA.
The NCAA's reopened probe grew out of a 2010 investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct within the football program. The NCAA issued sanctions in that case in March 2012, including vacated wins, scholarship reductions and a one-year postseason ban as well as three years of probation.
UNC Charlotte does not have classes that students do not have to go to.
"Duke University ranks 20th and UNC-Chapel Hill ranks 32nd in the world, according to a new best global universities rankings released by U.S. News and World Report. This is the first year of the organization's world rankings. "As an increasing number of students are planning to enroll in universities outside of their own country, the Best Global Universities rankings – which focus specifically on schools' academic research and reputation overall and not their separate undergraduate or graduate programs – can help those students accurately compare institutions around the world," according to the report.
Four North Carolina universities ranked in the top 300.
Duke, 20 overall
UNC-Chapel Hill, 32 overall
N.C. State University, 213 overall
Wake Forest, 300 overall"
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