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University of North Carolina = Franz Kafka …

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University spokeswoman Karen Moon said in an email that a number of offices on campus are already involved in handling the new supplementary courses, and an email address and phone number have been established specifically for organizing the courses.

But calls and emails made by The Daily Tar Heel to both inquiry lines went unanswered.

Dee Reid, director of communications for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Chris Derickson, assistant provost and University registrar, both said the best information available at this point is that on the University’s website — the same proposals that were submitted to the accrediting agency.

The Department of African and Afro-American Studies did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

According to University documents, 304 alumni who received academic credit for “Type 1” courses — those which either did not exist or the instructor denied teaching and signing the grade roll for — will be given the option of returning to UNC for one supplementary course at any time over the next five years.

Margaret Soltan, June 27, 2013 9:20AM
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2 Responses to “University of North Carolina = Franz Kafka …”

  1. DM Says:

    Excuse me, but I don’t get it. They have courses without instructors or grading, but students claim credit for them?

  2. ud Says:

    DM: That’s why I call it Kafkaesque.

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