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Deborah Crowder responds to NCAA allegations

By Acy Jackson | March 10

Deborah Crowder, who was named in the second Amended Notice of Allegations from the NCAA as administering fake classes for the African and Afro-American ...

UNC Men's Basketball Coach Roy Williams addressed the effects of House Bill 2 this week — and the NCAA issued another announcement about potential consequences of the law remaining on the books.

HB2 puts NCAA championship events at risk through 2022

By Paige Colpo | February 8

House Bill 2 might cost the state the ability to host all NCAA Championship events for the next six years, according to a letter from the North Carolina ...

Professor Jay Smith taught a class about athletes' rights, but it was later cancelled.

UNC history professor Jay Smith suspects external involvement in removal of his college athletics class

By Aaron Redus | February 6

At the end of the fall 2016 semester, the history department made the decision to remove History 383 — a class that explores the history of college ...

The cost of winning: UNC's growing athletic budget puts students on the hook

By Logan Ulrich | December 1

Tune into any TV broadcast of a UNC home football or basketball game, and you might recognize the curly-haired, oft-painted superfan spearheading the ...

The Faculty Athletic Committee spoke about exit surveys and interviews that student athletes partake in a meeting on Tuesday.

Faculty Athletics Committee reviews student-athlete surveys, academic advising

By Celia McRae | November 9

The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday to discuss student-athlete exit interviews and surveys, pending NCAA legislation and student-athlete academic ...

Faculty Athletics Committee compares UNC athletes to NCAA study

By Ivy Ingle | October 12

The Faculty Athletics Committee met Tuesday to review student-athlete summer programs, surveys and a study by the NCAA.

Chris Derickson (center) outlines class registration during Monday's Student Athlete Academic Process Review meeting.

Process group reviews student-athlete schedules

By Sofia Edelman | September 26

What happened? The Student Athlete-Academic Process Review Group, a successor to a working group tasked with changing academic policies concerning student-athletes ...

Recent unionization decisions will not affect student-athletes at UNC

By Belle Hillenburg | September 1

A recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board will allow collective bargaining rights for graduate students at private universities. This comes ...

Review group involves UNC student-athletes to discuss their academic life

By Julia Faulkner | August 29

UNC administrators are making an effort to better include student-athletes in the conversation around the academic-athletic scandal.

Wake Forest Law School professor Tim Davis.

Q&A with sports law professor Tim Davis on UNC's Amended NOA

By Acy Jackson | August 23

Tim Davis is a professor at Wake Forest University School of Law who is an expert in sports law. University Editor Acy Jackson talked with Davis about ...

Q&A with UNCG researcher on changing the stigma of concussion reporting

By Sam Killenberg | March 6

Two UNC-Greensboro concussion specialists won a $400,000 grant last month from the NCAA and the U.S. Department of Defense to design a web-based tool ...

Ezra Baeli-Wang, Beverly Foster, Lexi Cappalli, and Josefa Lindquist discussed the importance of time management for student-athletes at a listening session in Dey Hall Wednesday.

Faculty Athletics Committee discusses student-athlete time management

By Cailyn Derickson | March 2

The Faculty Athletics Committee talked about how to help student-athletes with time management at its listening session on Wednesday

A new athletic facility could take over Belk Track

By Emily Wakeman | February 24

Fetzer Field’s Belk Track is facing its last years.

NCAA athletes report better well-being post graduation

By Kelsey Mason | February 22

A recent Gallup survey shows former NCAA student-athletes are better off in terms of well-being than their nonathletic peers.

Students take a risk for better Duke-UNC seats

By Anna Freeman | February 18

A sea of Carolina Blue had already formed outside of the Smith Center’s student entrance by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

On Tuesday, members of different academic and athletic departments met for a Faculty Athletics Committee Meeting to discuss issues surrounding athletic policies and procedures.

Faculty discuss resolutions and solutions to support student athletes

By Maggie Budd | January 13

Time was of the essence at a Faculty Athletic Committee meeting on Tuesday, as members discussed a resolution that will be voted on at the NCAA Annual ...

Athletes' academics, online learning main topics at BOG committee meeting

By Jane Wester | December 10

Timothy Gallimore, assistant vice president for academic planning and state authorization, discussed the possibility of North Carolina joining the State ...

Faculty Athletics Committee talks Mizzou at listening session

By Belle Hillenburg | November 19

Only two faculty members attended the Faculty Athletics Committee’s listening session Wednesday, but the committee still led a discussion about the ...

(From Left) Bubba Cunningham and Admissions Dean Steve Farmer discuss athletics at a Faculty Council meeting.

Failed resolution won’t affect special talent admits

By Rachael Scott | November 16

In a meeting Friday, the Faculty Council voted not to pass a resolution that would eliminate the admission of athletes who are projected to have a first ...

Student-athletes’ time commitments in question

By David Doochin | November 11

In a meeting on Tuesday, the Faculty Athletics Committee expressed concern about finding ways for student-athletes to manage their time.