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Size | 277 items (112 Gigabytes) |
Abstract | This collection contains content shared on the Carolina Commitment website, which documents the University’s response to investigations of academic fraud in the department formerly known as African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM). The website provided updates to ongoing external and internal investigations and reforms as well as copies of public records requests and reports. This collection includes archived versions of the Carolina Commitment website, collected as part of the University Web Archives using Archive-It. The earliest archived version of the website is from 22 May 2014. In addition, the collection includes eight batches of emails and electronic documents gathered during Kenneth L. Wainstein's independent inquiry of the allegations. The records originated from a database of about 1.7 million unique electronic records compiled by Wainstein’s firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and were made publicly available on the Carolina Commitment website. The records in this collection are saved in 277 PDF files. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives and Records Service. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jessica Venlet, June 2023
Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, June 2023
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The Carolina Commitment website was created by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt's administration to share information regarding investigations of academic fraud in the department formerly known as African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM) and subsequent reforms implemented by the University.
Back to TopThis collection contains content shared on the Carolina Commitment website, which documents the University’s response to investigations of academic fraud in the department formerly known as African and Afro-American Studies (AFAM). The website provided updates to ongoing external and internal investigations and reforms as well as copies of public records requests and reports. The collection includes archived versions of the Carolina Commitment website, collected as part of the University Web Archives using Archive-It. The earliest archived version of the website is from 22 May 2014.
In addition, the collection includes eight batches of emails and electronic documents gathered during Kenneth L. Wainstein's independent inquiry of the allegations The records originated from a database of about 1.7 million unique electronic records compiled by Wainstein’s firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and were made publicly available on the Carolina Commitment website. The University announced the release of the Wainstein investigation records in a 2017 blog post on the website. The records in this collection are saved in 277 PDF files.
Back to TopThe Wainstein investigation public records requests are saved in PDF format. Some of the files are quite large and might take a long time to download.
Carolina Commitment websiteArchived versions of the Carolina Commitment website collected as part of the University Web Archives using Archive-It. The earliest archived version of the website is from 22 May 2014. |
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Digital Folder DF-70154/1 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, October 2015 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/2 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, December 2015 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/3 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, February 2016 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/4 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, May 2016 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/5 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, June 2016 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/6 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, August 2016 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/7 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, December 2016 |
Digital Folder DF-70154/8 |
Wainstein investigation public records requests, June 2017 |