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<blockquote data-quote="Turnlaw" data-source="post: 1324177" data-attributes="member: 10643"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Here are some quotes from the executive summary of the Wainstein Report, which was commissioned by UNC:</span></p><p><a href="http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/wainsteins-report-into-irregular-classes-released/" target="_blank">http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/wainsteins-report-into-irregular-classes-released/</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">She [Crowder] believed it was her duty to lend a helping hand to struggling students, and in particular to that subset of student-athletes who came to campus without adequate academic preparation for Chapel Hill’s demanding curriculum.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">He [Nyang'oro] also shared some of Crowder’s sympathy for struggling students – and in particular for student-athletes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Many of these student-athletes were referred to these classes by academic counselors in the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes (“ASPSA”) who were always under pressure to maintain student-athlete eligibility and saw these classes – and their artificially high grades – as key to helping academically-challenged student-athletes remain eligible and on the playing field.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">At the request of ASPSA football counselors, Nyang’oro offered several classes after Crowder’s retirement that followed a similar format and were equally lacking in academic rigor.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Crowder felt a strong affinity for student-athletes in particular, and she gave them ready access to these watered-down classes to help them manage their competing athletic and academic time demands.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span>...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">The grades earned in these AFAM paper classes were significantly higher than grades awarded in the regular AFAM classes. The average grade issued to all identified students in the paper classes was 3.62, as compared to an average grade of 3.28 for the regular AFAM classes. That difference was even greater for student-athletes. The average grade given to all student-athletes for the paper classes was 3.55, as compared to an average student-athlete grade of 2.84 for the regular AFAM classes.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">...</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">A good number of these student-athletes were “steered” to the AFAM paper classes by certain academic counselors in ASPSA. This steering was most prevalent among the counselors for the revenue sports of football and men’s basketball. While some of these counselors knew only that these were easy classes, others were fully aware that there was no faculty involvement and that Crowder was managing the whole course and grading the papers. Those counselors saw these paper classes as “GPA boosters” and steered players into them largely in order to help them maintain their GPAs and their eligibility under the NCAA and Chapel Hill eligibility rules. At least two of those counselors went so far as to suggest what grades Crowder should award to their players who were taking her paper classes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Your statement that Crowder did not set out to help the team seems to be contradicted by some of these conclusions. Regardless of her motivations, however, the conclusions from the Wainstein Report appear to go to the issue of legitimate academic eligibility for student-athletes as much as they do accreditation issues for UNC. I find it hard to believe that the NCAA could not separate the two and still find plenty of ammunition. The question is what size artillery they will use. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Turnlaw, post: 1324177, member: 10643"] [FONT=Arial]Here are some quotes from the executive summary of the Wainstein Report, which was commissioned by UNC:[/FONT] [url]http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/wainsteins-report-into-irregular-classes-released/[/url] [FONT=Garamond]She [Crowder] believed it was her duty to lend a helping hand to struggling students, and in particular to that subset of student-athletes who came to campus without adequate academic preparation for Chapel Hill’s demanding curriculum. ... [FONT=Garamond]He [Nyang'oro] also shared some of Crowder’s sympathy for struggling students – and in particular for student-athletes. ... [FONT=Garamond]Many of these student-athletes were referred to these classes by academic counselors in the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes (“ASPSA”) who were always under pressure to maintain student-athlete eligibility and saw these classes – and their artificially high grades – as key to helping academically-challenged student-athletes remain eligible and on the playing field. ... [FONT=Garamond]At the request of ASPSA football counselors, Nyang’oro offered several classes after Crowder’s retirement that followed a similar format and were equally lacking in academic rigor. ... [FONT=Garamond]Crowder felt a strong affinity for student-athletes in particular, and she gave them ready access to these watered-down classes to help them manage their competing athletic and academic time demands. [/FONT]... [FONT=Garamond]The grades earned in these AFAM paper classes were significantly higher than grades awarded in the regular AFAM classes. The average grade issued to all identified students in the paper classes was 3.62, as compared to an average grade of 3.28 for the regular AFAM classes. That difference was even greater for student-athletes. The average grade given to all student-athletes for the paper classes was 3.55, as compared to an average student-athlete grade of 2.84 for the regular AFAM classes. ... [FONT=Garamond]A good number of these student-athletes were “steered” to the AFAM paper classes by certain academic counselors in ASPSA. This steering was most prevalent among the counselors for the revenue sports of football and men’s basketball. While some of these counselors knew only that these were easy classes, others were fully aware that there was no faculty involvement and that Crowder was managing the whole course and grading the papers. Those counselors saw these paper classes as “GPA boosters” and steered players into them largely in order to help them maintain their GPAs and their eligibility under the NCAA and Chapel Hill eligibility rules. At least two of those counselors went so far as to suggest what grades Crowder should award to their players who were taking her paper classes. [/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Your statement that Crowder did not set out to help the team seems to be contradicted by some of these conclusions. Regardless of her motivations, however, the conclusions from the Wainstein Report appear to go to the issue of legitimate academic eligibility for student-athletes as much as they do accreditation issues for UNC. I find it hard to believe that the NCAA could not separate the two and still find plenty of ammunition. The question is what size artillery they will use. [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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