{"product_id":"cheated-the-unc-scandal-the-education-of-athletes-and-the-future-of-big-time-college-sports-paperback","title":"Cheated: The Unc Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay M. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMary Willingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, home of the legendary Tar Heels. Written by UNC professor of history Jay Smith and UNC athletics department whistleblower Mary Willingham, \u003ci\u003eCheated\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the story of academic fraud in UNC's athletics department, even as university leaders focused on minimizing the damage in order to keep the billion-dollar college sports revenue machine functioning. Smith and Willingham make an impassioned argument that the \"student-athletes\" in these programs are being cheated out of what, after all, they are promised in the first place: a college education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Updated with a new epilogue, the paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eCheated \u003c\/i\u003ecarries the narrative through the defining events of 2017, including the landmark Wainstein report, the findings of which UNC leaders initially embraced only to push aside in an audacious strategy of denial with the NCAA, ultimately even escaping punishment for offering sham coursework. The ongoing fallout from this scandal--and the continuing spotlight on the failings of college athletics, which are hardly unique to UNC--has continued to inform the debate about how the $16 billion college sports industry operates and influences colleges and universities nationwide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay M. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has served in a variety of administrative capacities involving the management of undergraduate education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Willingham \u003c\/b\u003eworked in the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling at UNC-Chapel Hill until 2014. Both she (in 2013) and Smith (in 2014) received the Robert Maynard Hutchins Award from the Drake Group for integrity in the face of college sports corruption. Willingham now works as a middle school reading teacher for Kipp Public Charter Schools in Chicago.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760253600032,"sku":"9781640122468","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fd06d5cb19d5361aa185a0f2ae484875.webp?v=1780175638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cheated-the-unc-scandal-the-education-of-athletes-and-the-future-of-big-time-college-sports-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}