Raleigh's N&O this morning announced that UNC is hiring a "Chief Integrity Officer," in the wake of its long-running athletic-academic scandal. As you may know, the NCAA has charged UNC with five Level One infractions including LOIC; the NCAA's COI is preparing to hand down its punishment to UNC, expected in early spring. Go Heels!
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UNC to hire chief integrity officer
By Jane Stancill
jstancill@newsobserver.com
CHAPEL HILL
UNC-Chapel Hill will hire an administrator to oversee integrity and policy at the university in the aftermath of the long-running athletic and academic scandal.
The move was announced in a letter from Chancellor Carol Folt to the campus posted on the university’s website. The new hire was recommended by two internal working groups that for months have studied policies and ethics at the university.
The newly created position, called the chief integrity and policy officer, will be a senior administrator who reports directly to Folt. Todd Nicolet, associate dean of operations for UNC’s School of Government, will serve in the position starting Feb. 8 on a temporary basis until the job is filled permanently.
An ethics and integrity working group completed its report in November. Another, a policy and procedures working group, will finish its report by the end of the month. Both recommended that the university hire a senior administrator to oversee matters related to integrity and policy.
Folt said the working groups said the university has strong programs on ethics and integrity but did make recommendations to make resources more visible to the community.
The groups were convened after the 2014 Wainstein Report revealed the extent of the scandal – 18 years of fraudulent classes in the then-African and Afro-American Studies department that were disproportionately populated with athletes. The university received notice from the NCAA of five major allegations and was placed on probation by the commission that accredits it.
See below or online at: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article58609648.html
UNC to hire chief integrity officer
By Jane Stancill
jstancill@newsobserver.com
CHAPEL HILL
UNC-Chapel Hill will hire an administrator to oversee integrity and policy at the university in the aftermath of the long-running athletic and academic scandal.
The move was announced in a letter from Chancellor Carol Folt to the campus posted on the university’s website. The new hire was recommended by two internal working groups that for months have studied policies and ethics at the university.
The newly created position, called the chief integrity and policy officer, will be a senior administrator who reports directly to Folt. Todd Nicolet, associate dean of operations for UNC’s School of Government, will serve in the position starting Feb. 8 on a temporary basis until the job is filled permanently.
An ethics and integrity working group completed its report in November. Another, a policy and procedures working group, will finish its report by the end of the month. Both recommended that the university hire a senior administrator to oversee matters related to integrity and policy.
Folt said the working groups said the university has strong programs on ethics and integrity but did make recommendations to make resources more visible to the community.
The groups were convened after the 2014 Wainstein Report revealed the extent of the scandal – 18 years of fraudulent classes in the then-African and Afro-American Studies department that were disproportionately populated with athletes. The university received notice from the NCAA of five major allegations and was placed on probation by the commission that accredits it.
