A coalition of North Carolina news organizations is suing UNC-Chapel Hill. The lawsuit is an attempt to force UNC to disclose the nine campus employees fired or disciplined for their roles in a scheme allowing fake classes and generous grades.
The Associated Press and nine other newspaper and broadcast companies filed the lawsuit Monday against Carol Folt, UNC's chancellor, and Vice Chancellor Felicia Washington. Washington's job makes her the custodian of the university's records.
North Carolina's public records law requires state agencies including public universities to make employee records available. Those records include their dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons.
Campus officials have said the disclosure isn't required until after an employee has finished appealing the decision.
The news comes a month after Kenneth Wainstein issued his report that found that 3,100 students at UNC Chapel Hill were involved in academic fraud that spanned nearly two decades. Almost half of them were athletes.
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