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UNC's Blind Side: A News And Observer Investigation

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt at a UNC Board of Trustees meeting on September 22, 2016.
Emily Kristina Gabbard
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WUNC
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt at a UNC Board of Trustees meeting on September 22, 2016.
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt at a UNC Board of Trustees meeting on September 22, 2016.
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WUNC
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt at a UNC Board of Trustees meeting on September 22, 2016.

The academic and athletic scandal at the University of North Carolina dominated headlines for years.

Allegations of paper classes and inappropriate assistance to student-athletes prompted internal and external investigations. And newly released correspondence shows what was going on behind-the-scenes in the midst of revelations about academic fraud. Host Frank Stasio speaks with News and Observer investigative reporter Dan Kane.

News and Observer investigative reporter Dan Kane takes a look back at the events and the administration's response in a series called Carolina's Blind Side. Host Frank Stasio talks with Kane about the allegations, response and what lessons were learned from the events.

Note: This photo is part of a collaboration with students and faculty at the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.