Education Fraud
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March 30, 2015
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a landmark agreement with Pennsylvania-based retail giant GNC to implement new standards in authenticating herbal supplements, ensuring their purity, and educating consumers about their chemical content. GNC will be required to implement these new procedures in all of its more than 6,000 stores nationwide, making this agreement the first in the nation to require testing standards for herbal supplements that exceed current FDA requirements. NYInterview with 2014 Whistleblower of the Year Mary Willingham
Posted 02/26/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Mary Willingham, Whistleblower Insider’s 2014 Whistleblower of the Year, is the former educator at the University of North Carolina who went public with her concerns about the university’s major failings in educating its big money athletes and has been on a continued quest to clean up college sports. We had the opportunity to speak to Ms. Willingham about her win and...
2014 Whistleblower Of The Year Goes To… Mary Willingham!
Posted 02/5/15
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
The votes are in -- Mary Willingham is Whistleblower Insider’s 2014 Whistleblower of the Year! Ms. Willingham is the former educator at the University of North Carolina who went public with her concerns about the university’s major failings in educating its big money athletes and has been on a continued quest to clean up college sports. We recently shined the...
Two Former Student Athletes Sue UNC and NCAA over Academic Scandal
Posted 01/29/15
By Marlene Koury
The UNC academic scandal was first brought to light by one of Whistleblower Insider's nominees for Whistleblower of the Year, Mary Willingham, and was confirmed in the UNC-commissioned Wainstein report released last October. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in sham classes and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many of whom were...
In Their Own Words - New York Times Editorial Board
Posted 01/28/15
--“UNTIL THE NCAA RECOGNIZES THAT SOME PLAYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY PROFESSIONALS, UNIVERSITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TREAT THEIR EDUCATION LIKE THE FIG LEAF IT IS.”
New York Times Editorial Board on the recently filed lawsuit by two former University of North Carolina athletes challenging the school with academic fraud for how it educates its top athletes. Click here for more.Whistleblower Spotlight -- UNC Whistleblower Mary Willingham
Posted 12/11/14
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By Gordon Schnell
This week's "Whistleblower Spotlight" features Mary Willingham, the former academic adviser at the University of North Carolina who went public on what she sees as the university's major failings in educating its big money athletes. In a talk she gave last week at the Durham Sports Club (as reported in WRAL.com),...
DOJ Catch of the Week -- Maricopa County Community College District
Posted 12/5/14
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD). This is the Phoenix-based entity responsible for operating community colleges in Maricopa County, Arizona. On Monday, the MCCCD agreed to pay $4.08 million to resolve charges it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to the Corporation for...
Report on UNC Scandal Finds 18 Years of Academic Fraud
Posted 10/23/14
By Marlene Koury
UNC just released a report on the academic scandal that has plagued its African and Afro-American Studies department since former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham blew the whistle on the department's sham classes. The report found that, during an 18 year period, more than 3,100 students enrolled in the department's "paper classes" and nearly half of those students were student athletes, many...
UNC Whistleblower Files Retaliation Lawsuit
Posted 07/3/14
By Marlene Koury
UNC is in the spotlight again after whistleblower Mary Willingham filed a retaliation lawsuit earlier this week against the university alleging she was demoted from her position as reading specialist for speaking out about academic fraud. She also alleges that UNC created a hostile work environment that ultimately drove her to leave her job in May. She filed her lawsuit on the same day that the...