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re: College athletes that can't read?
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:17 pm to Revelator
Posted on 1/7/14 at 9:17 pm to Revelator
There was a New York Times article last week, about how a UNC professor was charged with some type of public fraud, he was the chairman of the African and Afro-American studies department.
He ran the department for 20 years and they found out that dozens of this classes would never meet. A majority of his students were UNC basketball and football players. The chairman and his assistant (she retire with full pension after 30 years) presided over 500+ unauthorized grade changes for athletes dating back to 1997, which included forging professors' signatures.
He was paid 12 grand to teach an afro-american studies class, inwhich numerous athletes enrolled. He wasn't even in the country at anytime the course took place.
He ran the department for 20 years and they found out that dozens of this classes would never meet. A majority of his students were UNC basketball and football players. The chairman and his assistant (she retire with full pension after 30 years) presided over 500+ unauthorized grade changes for athletes dating back to 1997, which included forging professors' signatures.
He was paid 12 grand to teach an afro-american studies class, inwhich numerous athletes enrolled. He wasn't even in the country at anytime the course took place.
This post was edited on 1/7/14 at 9:19 pm
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 4:20 am to TigerintheNO
I had a class with Nikita Wilson years ago, he scored a 7 out of 100 on the first test. I witnessed him being given a final exam made just for him in the 2nd floor hallway of Himes hall(History Dept.)
Posted on 1/8/14 at 11:29 am to TigerintheNO
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There was a New York Times article last week, about how a UNC professor was charged with some type of public fraud, he was the chairman of the African and Afro-American studies department.
He ran the department for 20 years and they found out that dozens of this classes would never meet. A majority of his students were UNC basketball and football players. The chairman and his assistant (she retire with full pension after 30 years) presided over 500+ unauthorized grade changes for athletes dating back to 1997, which included forging professors' signatures.
He was paid 12 grand to teach an afro-american studies class, inwhich numerous athletes enrolled. He wasn't even in the country at anytime the course took place.
That is very shocking and quite sad.
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