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Ethical failures by NCAA and UNC Chapel Hill. Illustration of the phrase ‘auditing with your eyes closed.’

As mentioned in previous post, articles keep popping up on the systemic academic fraud at UNC Chapel Hill. Trying to hold my posts to under a thousand words each means there need to be multiple updates. Reporter says the UNC scheme was widely  known UNC grad, class of ’92, explains the reason UNC claimed as … Continue reading “Ethical failures by NCAA and UNC Chapel Hill. Illustration of the phrase ‘auditing with your eyes closed.’”

UNC Chapel Hill evades any sanctions from NCAA for academic and athletic fraud scheme that ran for 18 years.

The NCAA announced it will not impose sanctions on UNC Chapel Hill men’s and women’s basketball program for a systemic academic fraud that offered about 200 different “paper courses” over a two decade timeframe. The NCAA acknowledges that from 1989 through 2011 around 6,000 students were in those courses. The NCAA acknowledges for these courses … Continue reading “UNC Chapel Hill evades any sanctions from NCAA for academic and athletic fraud scheme that ran for 18 years.”

Follow-up on athletic fiascos at Penn State and UNC Chapel Hill

  I’ve not been watching closely for updates, but have seen a few articles on the massive scandals at Penn State and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. 12/1/15 – Newsworks – Penn State, insurer scuffle over paying Sandusky victims – Penn State may have skated by with the serious consequences from NCAA getting reversed, but the legal … Continue reading “Follow-up on athletic fiascos at Penn State and UNC Chapel Hill”

One year later, systemic academic/athletic fraud at UNC Chapel Hill not only hasn’t been resolved, scope of fraud has expanded.

Yesterday I thought to check on the status of the systemic academic and athletic fraud at UNC Chapel Hill. Wanted to see if the disaster in the news a year ago has been cleaned up. In that fiasco over 3000 students got credit for paper classes. The scheme ran for approximately 18 years. The systemic scheme was … Continue reading “One year later, systemic academic/athletic fraud at UNC Chapel Hill not only hasn’t been resolved, scope of fraud has expanded.”

Accrediting agency puts UNC Chapel Hill on one year probation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS) placed UNC-Chapel Hill on one year probation for the systemic 18 year fiasco in which about 3,100 students were given credit for paper classes. Ten of the 15 players on the 2005 championship men’s basketball team majored in the department that was providing those … Continue reading “Accrediting agency puts UNC Chapel Hill on one year probation”

NCAA actually accuses UNC-Chapel Hill of bad behavior the second time around

The NCAA has issued their Notice of Allegation regarding the UNC-Chapel Hill academic and athletic fraud. Recall the university was creating paper classes for athletes. I’ve been following this mess and have discussed it several times. Get a fresh cup of coffee and walk with me as I learn more about this fiasco. Allegations

Full length book coverage of the systemic academic fraud in athletic programs at UNC-Chapel Hill

I discussed the systematic fraud in the UNC academic and athletic programs in my previous post last October: Two humongous explosions in open frontiers I’m watching – space and education The short version of the scandal: one department at UNC-Chapel Hill offered paper classes to around 3,100 students over 18 years. A new book points out … Continue reading “Full length book coverage of the systemic academic fraud in athletic programs at UNC-Chapel Hill”

Academic cheating scandal at University of North Carolina is still alive

The systemic academic failure at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has been out of the news for a while because the NCAA has been taking their time addressing the cheating. Oh, also because UNC appears to be stonewalling, according to the following article. It is possible that after six years of the scandal there might … Continue reading “Academic cheating scandal at University of North Carolina is still alive”

Two humongous explosions in open frontiers I’m watching – space and education

Two massive explosions to discuss in the frontiers I’m watching. One in private space exploration and the other in academia at UNC-Chapel Hill… Both explosions make me sad. Unfortunately, one of them was intentional. Space Progress is never in a straight march forward – 10/28 – Space.com – Private Orbital Sciences Rocket Explodes During Launch, NASA … Continue reading “Two humongous explosions in open frontiers I’m watching – space and education”