A five-member Board of Governors Academic Review Panel was commissioned by UNC President Tom Ross in July 2012 to review the University’s response to the academic irregularities.

This clarification relates to the references to the Faculty Athletic Committee (FAC) that were made in the December 19, 2012 Martin Report.

Then-Chancellor Holden Thorp asked former N.C. Gov. James Martin to explore, with no restrictions, any issues raised by the University’s review of courses offered in the then-Department of African and Afro-American Studies.

Then-Chancellor Holden Thorp and the Board of Trustees also retained Baker Tilly to assess the numerous new policies, procedures and controls the University implemented to strengthen academic practices in the then-Department of African and Afro-American Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Summer School. The review found no gaps in the implementation of the new policies and procedures.