Friday, January 23, 2015

Two ex-North Carolina athletes file lawsuit alleging academic fraud

Reuters reports:
Two former University of North Carolina athletes filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the school and the NCAA, accusing them of academic fraud for failing to "provide a meaningful education."

The lawsuit was filed in Durham, North Carolina, County Court on behalf of Devon Ramsay, who played football at the school, and former women's basketball player Rashanda McCants.

"This lawsuit deals with the past, present and future of college academics," Michael Hausfeld, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told Reuters. "It cuts beyond North Carolina to all sports at Division I institutions. Both genders."

A report released in October by former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein showed more than 3,000 students, nearly half of them athletes, received credit for fake classes at the Chapel Hill school over an 18-year period.
The great moments of higher education.