Twenty years of Julius Nyang’oro’s multifarious fake courses for athletes was fine by the University of North Carolina; one measly authentic course offered by Jay Smith made top administrators, as one, leap to the top of their desks screaming EEK. I mean, we can’t just approve every proposed course, and this one lacked clear and effective methods of keeping athletes eligible to play…
Oh but okay. I mean, if you must introduce meaningful content into the curriculum, I don’t suppose we’re in any position to stop you…
November 2nd, 2017 at 8:00AM
Among the other articles linked to the one posted is one that states, “Duke Preps 500 Bed Dorm On West Campus.” Odd way to put it. That wording is reserved for prisons and state mental hospitals….
November 2nd, 2017 at 7:08PM
Haven’t checked in for a few months. Still at it, eh, UD? Well, good. Those of us who’ve been shocked beyond belief–like me– by the irregular conduct at universities need insider help like yours to make sure we’re not seeing things.
charlie, good to see you’re at it, too.
November 2nd, 2017 at 9:57PM
Hey Jackson, was wondering where you had gone! We need your Mid East perspective……
November 3rd, 2017 at 7:14AM
charlie, the higher ed party never ends here in the “Mid East”. (I had to process that “Mid East” for a micro-second. LOL.)
Two, three weeks ago a developer was indicted on 100+ counts of money laundering, etc. in a scheme that channeled city water department revenues into upmarket housing. Further indictments of city officials in this reverse Robin Hood scheme are expected. Developer’s projects include at least one university dorm. Yesterday the developer, out on bond, had a meeting with the university’s VP of finance. University legal exposure is as yet unknown. I wouldn’t rely on the trustees to have the gall to ask if the university has any legal exposure.
Hey, it don’ get any better! Thanks a lot, bud.
November 3rd, 2017 at 4:58PM
Well Jack, nice to know some things just don’t change at Podunk U…..
November 4th, 2017 at 7:39AM
charlie, we need a higher ed stink-o-meter, buddy, with the analog dial and positions marked green, yellow, and red.
Green would include minor grade inflation, faculty-student affairs that are sorta consensual, and the occasional minimally qualified relative who gets a no-interview job where he does a little work and mostly stays out of the way.
Red would be Jerry Sandusky, solicitations of bribes for full-time jobs, bribery, extortion, maybe with an audible, “Warning, warning! Danger, danger!”
LOL. My eyeballs are still popping out of my head at the dubious stuff that’s shielded from public scrutiny by “higher education”.
Morning coffee’s kicking in. Am still wondering whether the Feds keep an informal list of schools targeted for RICO prosecution.