An agency's oversight: How NCAA enforcement policies failed to catch scandal at UNC

By Colleen Moir , Sara Salinas and Logan Ulrich | April 24

One day, someone will tally up all the mail that comes into the NCAA office in Indianapolis and discover it circles the globe twice — or some other ...

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UNC settlement with Mary Willingham totals more than a third of a million dollars

By Bradley Saacks | March 17

Keeping Mary Willingham from her old post came at a big price for UNC.

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Mary Willingham settles lawsuit with UNC, will not return as employee

By Jenny Surane | February 24

Famed whistleblower Mary Willingham won’t be returning to the University. 

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Chicago attorney to help with UNC’s ‘numerous’ legal problems

By Bradley Saacks | January 13

UNC retained the New York City-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for help with the University’s “numerous pressing legal challenges.” ...

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Mary Willingham and UNC head to mediation

By Bradley Saacks | January 13

Former athletic learning specialist Mary Willingham has always said she filed her lawsuit against UNC for one reason — to get her job back. 

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Faculty call for UNC to apologize to Mary Willingham

By Leah Komada | November 3

When Kenneth Wainstein crafted the final report on his investigation of two decades of academic impropriety, he made at least one thing clear — the ...

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Whistleblower lawsuit might move to federal court

By Stephanie Lamm | August 5

The whistleblower lawsuit brought by former learning specialist Mary Willingham will be heard in a federal court if UNC has its way. Experts say the move ...

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Willingham sues UNC for hostile work environment

By Bradley Saacks | July 1

Mary Willingham has filed a lawsuit against UNC, claiming the University created a hostile work environment and infringed on her first amendment rights. ...

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Willingham's research applications raise questions

By Bradley Saacks | May 15

Documents released from the University today might prove Mary Willingham and members of her research team failed to follow Family Education Rights and ...

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Faculty athletics committee holds open forum for input

By Daniel Schere | April 23

Unlike other meetings, the UNC Faculty Athletics Committee did not have an agenda this time.

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Mary Willingham to resign from UNC

By Andy Willard and Daniel Schere | April 21

The woman who has made national headlines for the last four months and has been a magnet for criticism is leaving the University she has tried to reform. ...

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BREAKING: UNC releases outside review of Mary Willingham's research

By Amanda Albright | April 11

The outside review board reviewing former athletic tutor Mary Willingham’s research has determined that the majority of student-athletes in her test ...

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Whistleblower protection agency criticizes UNC

By Daniel Schere | March 24

High-ranking administrators’ treatment of former UNC athletic reading specialist Mary Willingham’s research on student-athlete literacy has come ...

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Mary Willingham considers suing UNC provost over ?ndings

By Daniel Schere | February 10

The battle over the accuracy of Mary Willingham’s research could soon be entering the legal front.

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Mary Willingham’s passion was shaped by her roots

By Daniel Schere | January 29

Mary Willingham was working at Chapel Hill High School in 1999 when she says a teacher sent a black male student to her who could not read.

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