According to UNC, football players represented 246 of 686
enrollments (36 percent) in the 54 courses within the Department of African and
Afro-AmericanStudies between summer 2007 and summer 2011. Those classes lacked
appropriate supervision and were called ''aberrant'' or were ''taught
irregularly'' with limited contact between instructors and students, according
to a university report released Friday.
Men's basketball players represented 23 enrollments, roughly
3 percent, during that span.
The school's investigation found fraud and poor oversight,
including unauthorized grade changes and reports of grade rolls with what
appear to be forged faculty signatures. The report found no evidence of
favorable treatment for student-athletes or grades awarded without written
work.
The News and Observer of Raleigh first reported the athlete
enrollment figures Monday.
The probe was a result of an NCAA investigation into the
football program. In one of the suspect classes, a former football player wrote
a research paper that later led to accusations of plagiarism.
The report directed blame toward the former department chairman
and a now-retired administrator.
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