University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===The Carolina Way===
Basketball coach [[Dean Smith]] was widely known for his idea of "The Carolina Way", in which he challenged his players to, "Play hard, play smart, play together."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carolina-way-dean-wesley-smith/1101967410?ean=9780143034643|title=The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching|date=May 22, 2014|work=Barnes & Noble|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630080623/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/carolina-way-dean-wesley-smith/1101967410?ean=9780143034643|archive-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> "The Carolina Way" was an idea of excellence in the classroom, as well as on the court. In Coach Smith's book, ''The Carolina Way'', former player Scott Williams said, regarding Dean Smith, "Winning was very important at Carolina, and there was much pressure to win, but Coach cared more about our getting a sound education and turning into good citizens than he did about winning."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.championshipcoachesnetwork.com/public/315.cfm|title=10 Leadership Lessons from Coach Dean Smith|access-date=June 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622155416/http://www.championshipcoachesnetwork.com/public/315.cfm|archive-date=June 22, 2015}}</ref>

The October 22, 2014 release of the Wainstein Report<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/10/wainstein-report-reveals-extent-of-academic-scandal-at-unc |title=Wainstein report reveals extent of academic scandal at UNC |first=Bradley |last=Saacks |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005121514/http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/10/wainstein-report-reveals-extent-of-academic-scandal-at-unc |archive-date=October 5, 2016  }}</ref> alleged institutionalized academic fraud that involved over 3,100 students and student athletes, over an 18-year period from 1993 to 2011 that began during the final years of the Dean Smith era, challenged "The Carolina Way" image.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9901476/north-carolina-erosion-carolina-way|title=North Carolina and the erosion of the Carolina Way|work=ESPN.com|date=October 30, 2013 |access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630115231/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9901476/north-carolina-erosion-carolina-way|archive-date=June 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The report alleged that at least 54 players during the Dean Smith era were enrolled in what came to be known as "paper classes." The report noted that the questionable classes began in the spring of 1993, the year of Smith's final championship, so those grades would not have been entered until after the championship game was played.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/unc-report-academic-fraud/|title=UNC athletics report finds 18 years of academic fraud - CNN.com|author=Sara Ganim and Devon Sayers|date=October 22, 2014|work=CNN|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702115840/http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/unc-report-academic-fraud/|archive-date=July 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to the allegations of the Wainstein report, the [[NCAA]] launched their own investigation and on June 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/06/05/university-north-carolina-slapped-with-5-ncaa-violations-over-academic-scandal/|title=University of North Carolina slapped with 5 NCAA violations over academic scandal|work=Fox News|access-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628202317/http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/06/05/university-north-carolina-slapped-with-5-ncaa-violations-over-academic-scandal/|archive-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> the NCAA accused the institution of five major violations including: "two instances of unethical conduct and failure to cooperate" as well as "unethical conduct and extra benefits related to student-athletes' access to and assistance in the paper courses; unethical conduct by the instructor/counselor for providing impermissible academic assistance to student-athletes; and a failure to monitor and lack of institutional control".<ref name=":0" /> In October, 2017, the NCAA issued its findings and concluded "that the only violations in this case are the department chair's and the secretary's failure to cooperate".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Oct2017_University-of-North-Carolina-at-Chapel-Hill_InfractionsDecision_20171013.pdf|title=NCAA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Infractions Decision|date=October 2017|website=NCAA|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215095242/http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Oct2017_University-of-North-Carolina-at-Chapel-Hill_InfractionsDecision_20171013.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>