Here is a sampling of links and notes about Carolina people and programs cited recently in the media:
National Coverage
Former Tutor to Chapel Hill Athletes Faces Charges of Aiding Sports Agents
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Oct. 4
A state investigation in North Carolina of professional sports agents’ contacts with college athletes has resulted in charges against a former tutor of football players at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to reports by two area newspapers
State & Local Coverage
Bebe Smith: Homeless dying on our streets
Chapel Hill News (Commentary)
Oct. 4
In 2012, the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness joined the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a national grassroots effort that has the goal of housing homeless people who are most likely to die on the streets. Orange County’s 100,000 Homes Task Force comprises local professionals working with this population including representatives from the Chapel Hill Police Department and the UNC School of Social Work.
Former UNC tutor connected to football scandal charged with violating NC sports agent laws
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Oct. 3
A tweet in summer 2010 launched investigations into UNC-Chapel Hill’s football program, athletics department and fundraising arm of the university that resulted in NCAA infractions, ousters and resignations of high-ranking coaches and administrators, and now criminal charges. … Bubba Cunningham, the UNC-CH director of athletics, issued a statement: “As only one of the five indictments is known at this time, we will continue to monitor the developments of the case and support the work of the Secretary of State’s Office.”
The UNC plot thickens with tutor’s indictment
The News & Observer (Raleigh; editorial)
Oct. 4
Thanks to North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and District Attorney Jim Woodall of Orange and Chatham counties, more about the embarrassing scandal involving the football program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may be coming to light.
Issues & Trends
UNC partners with India
The Triangle Business Journal
Oct. 4
The University of North Carolina system is developing a strategy to recruit students from India. … In the next two decades, India will need to educate more than a half-billion people under the age of 25 in order to continue growing and deliver on the promise of a rising democracy.
Harvard Says No
Inside Higher Ed
Oct. 4
Harvard University will not divest of its endowment holdings in the fossil fuel industry, said a statement issued Thursday by Drew Faust, the president. She wrote that she and board members did not consider such a move to be "warranted or wise."