Acknowledging research grants typically depend on and support graduate students and professors, typically do not consider the possibility most respectable universities do not offer absolutely no show, no work, no nothing courses a la UNC, and
UNC's academic and administrative indiscretions only resulted in a rather unusual probation by its' acceditation board (albeit for only a single year), you might have had a valid point. Unfortunately, moral blinders are required to make such a feeble argument.
Regardless, you can carry on with irrelevant references to other UNC campuses and repeating previously discounted arguments regarding fundraising (see national championship), population growth playing a significant role in applications and admissions to the Chapel Hill campus still living in denial. Long river; Ramesses, eh?
UNC grad student, professor, administrator, or Roy Williams himself?
"On Thursday morning, it seemed (UNC's) capital campaign might be upstaged by the NCAA. The NCAA Committee on Infractions would be releasing its final report on a long-running UNC case at noon Friday, tweeted Andrew Carter, a reporter for The News & Observer. That report would represent the end of a closely watched investigation into no-show classes that helped UNC athletes remain eligible over many years ending in 2011. The scandal has dragged on, embarrassing a university that has historically claimed it could balance academic values and athletic prowess.
Still, the situation raised eyebrows among outside observers who wondered what UNC meant by “scheduling circumstances” -- particularly since university officials do not typically appear together with NCAA officials when final investigative reports are released. Experts were also surprised by the lack of additional comment from UNC and the NCAA.
“It’s cliché, but the silence is deafening,” said Daniel Swinton, managing partner at NCHERM Group, a law and consulting firm. “That strikes me as odd. I’m not sure if it’s improper, but it certainly makes me wonder: How much influence does UNC have in this process?”
The Nile, 4,100 miles long ...