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In total, the investigation implicated 23 student athletes, [5] [14] [11] including 17 on athletic scholarships, [9] in 9 different sports as having participated in academic dishonesty. [9] While the athletes' names and other private information was withheld due to federal privacy laws, [5] [9] the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported that ...
That report found that there were 341 men's and women's basketball players and football players during these years; of this group, 34 students did not meet CNN's threshold of being "college literate", which meant a minimum SAT reading score of 400 or an ACT score of 16; essentially, the university suggested that of its athletes, ten percent had ...
The case dealt with the NCAA's restrictions on providing college athletes with non-cash compensation for academic-related purposes, such as computers and internships, which the NCAA maintained was to prevent the appearance that the student athletes were being paid to play or treated as professional athletes.
On March 10, 1999, the day before Minnesota was to play in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported, in an article by George Dohrmann, that Jan Gangelhoff, an office manager of the university academic counseling unit, alleged that she had completed hundreds of pieces of coursework for more than 20 Minnesota men's basketball players. [1]
Academic dishonesty, academic misconduct, academic fraud and academic integrity are related concepts that refer to various actions on the part of students that go against the expected norms of a school, university or other learning institution. Definitions of academic misconduct are usually outlined in institutional policies.
Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest is the latest in a long line of athletes protesting social injustice. Looking back at the 10 biggest social justice protests by athletes over the last 20 ...
Five student-athletes have died by suicide recently, putting the onus on the NCAA to better treat mental health among its athletes. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Erika Christakis and Nicholas A. Christakis write that there is a "national crisis of academic dishonesty." [71] Harry R. Lewis entreats Harvard to "Know thyself." [72] Howard Gardner writes that the case exposes "ethical rot" at Harvard. [73] Gardner contemplates the scandal "as a play in four acts." [74]