NEW YORK TIMES: ….Wednesday’s report, prepared by Kenneth L. Wainstein, a former general counsel at the F.B.I. and now a partner at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, found that between 1993 and 2011, two employees in the [University of North Carolina]’s African and Afro-American studies department presided over what was essentially a “shadow curriculum” designed to help struggling students — many of them Tar Heels athletes — stay afloat.
It is the latest in a series of investigations into the scandal, which first came to public attention three years ago. The revelations have cast a decidedly unflattering light on the university, which has long boasted of its ability to maintain high academic standards while running a top-flight sports program. Until now, the university has emphasized that the scandal was purely academic. On Wednesday, it acknowledged for the first time that it was also athletic, with members of sports teams being steered into and benefiting disproportionately from the fraudulent classes.
The N.C.A.A., which initially said that the scandal had nothing to do with the sports program, has reopened an investigation into the matter… (more)
EDITOR: The Sandusky scandal indeed had nothing to do with the Penn State sports program but the university was crucified. At the same time, the NCAA turned its back on the most flagrant imaginable sports program violations at the University of North Carolina.
Why? Ask Gov. Tom Corbett.
When will Penn State receive justice?
