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UNC faculty beg Thorp to remain as chancellor

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Dogs beg. Why is UNC faculty begging. Good Lord, how bad is it over there in CH right now?

BigOski
September 19, 2012 11:14 a.m.

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NCSU84 wrote: "WRAL nees to eef up their investigation team."

I agree, WRAL. And while you're at it, start firing off some FOI requests to NC State. There's a reason why characters like TA McLendon, Chuck Amato, and Chris Washburn have always been welcome over there. All you have to do is look a little.

DrJ
September 19, 2012 11:00 a.m.

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Does the faculty not realize that they're providing yet another example of UNC employees willing to overlook corruption in order to keep colleagues in place? They're a national embarrassment. Thorp either knew what was going on or he was criminally ignorant. He was on the trips with them in 2009 and didn't confront Kupec about it until 2012? And still has the gall to say he was the one betrayed? You can't lead when your own example is that it's acceptable to overlook illicit behavior until you're caught, and then attempt to place the blame elsewhere.

His culpability would be obvious to a child. The most honorable thing he's done is to resign. It's time to move on.

southraleigh
September 19, 2012 10:49 a.m.

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Under his severance package, which is common in academia, he will maintain his $420,000 chancellor's salary for a year, and it will then be lowered to 60 percent of that as he returns to the classroom and laboratory.

Typical. Wonder why college is so expensive.

artist
September 19, 2012 10:11 a.m.

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this is ridiculous: "Under his severance package, which is common in academia, he will maintain his $420,000 chancellor's salary for a year, and it will then be lowered to 60 percent of that as he returns to the classroom and laboratory."

TooManyIdiots
September 19, 2012 10:06 a.m.

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N&O has more thorough articles than WRAL on these scandels at UNC. WRAL nees to eef up their investigation team. There is more at UNC that will be coming out in the next 30-40 days. And the N&O will be the lead on this, not WRAL....

NCSU84
September 19, 2012 9:49 a.m.

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"No surprise. Most instructors want to be assured that there will be no performance management." - truthmatterstome2

...and that they still can make lots of money from scams like no-show classes with high grades awarded.

westernwake1
September 19, 2012 9:42 a.m.

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Thorpe needs to go. Any staff members who have concerns or issues should also consider packing their breifcase and leave. If you dont care about the corruption you really dont need to be there.