Between 1993 and 2011, UNC operated a shadow curriculum—hundreds of courses and independent studies that never met, required no work, and awarded high grades. The reason? To keep athletes eligible for UNC's multi-million dollar sports program. Read Jay and Mary's book: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/potomac-books/9781640122468/cheated/ For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the shadow curriculum at UNC?
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In 2005, the University of North Carolina men's basketball team won the national championship. Rashad McCants was a standout player on the championship team, a star forward and the second leading scorer.
McCants!
Remarkably, McCants didn't just thrive on the court that season. He got straight A's and made the Dean's List. But there was a secret to McCants' academic success. He didn't do much academic work that semester. In fact, he says he didn't complete a single assignment. Here's how he later explained it in an interview with ESPN.
I didn't write any papers. It was very simple. When it was time to turn in our papers, we would get a call from our tutors. We would all pack up in one big car or two or three cars, carpool over to the tutor's house and basically get our papers and go about our business.
McCamp says that not only did he not write a single paper that semester, but the lecture courses he was enrolled in never actually met. No assignments, no professor, no class.
It's absurd, but it actually makes sense because it kept me eligible to play. You're not there to get an education. You're there to make revenue for the college.
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Chapter 2: Who is Rashad McCants and what was his experience?
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The University of North Carolina didn't always offer fake courses to its athletes. To understand how this scheme began, we need to rewind to the 1980s, a transformative era for UNC athletics. During this time, the women's soccer team emerged as an unstoppable force, and the football team rose from mediocrity to become a formidable ACC contender.
But the cornerstone of UNC's athletic glory was undoubtedly men's basketball, under the legendary coach Dean Smith. In 1982, with none other than Michael Jordan on the roster, Smith secured his first national championship, cementing UNC basketball's reputation as a powerhouse.
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