The ring leader was a white guilter. Update to a previous story where “white supremacy” was to blame.
UNC officials Wednesday disclosed in a settlement over a public records lawsuit that four employees were either fired, resigned or are in the process of being fired in the wake of a detailed investigation into the longstanding academic fraud that primarily benefited athletes.
Among those the university is seeking to fire is Jan Boxill, the former faculty leader who was found to have steered athletes to classes that she knew had no instruction. Boxill is a philosophy professor and former head of a UNC center for ethics. UNC officials said Boxill is appealing “the University’s intention to discharge her.” Her case is now before the University Faculty Hearings Committee.[…]
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said on Oct. 22, when a report was released showing a long-standing scheme that was primarily used to help keep athletes eligible to play, that nine employees were facing disciplinary actions. Four of them were facing the termination of their jobs, she said. But she declined to identify who the nine employees were or why the actions were being taken.
State personnel law requires officials to disclose dismissals, suspensions and demotions of public employees. If an employee is dismissed, the law requires the public agency to write a letter explaining why. That letter is a public record.
UNC officials contended the information could not be released until the employees in question had exhausted all appeals.
Donald Stephens, Wake County’s chief resident Superior Court judge, sent the case to mediation earlier this month after a hearing.
He told attorneys at the time that he was “troubled” that Folt told reporters that nine people would be terminated or disciplined but offered no details on which employees or why.