After coming forward on social media, a former University of Missouri-Columbia athletics tutor now says she was groomed by her superiors to participate in what she describes as “academic dishonesty.”
The tutor, Yolanda Kumar, self reported that she “completed entire courses,” helped with online tests and took entrance exams for student athletes. The effort was encouraged by those to whom she reported, she said.
The allegations are under investigation by the NCAA.
“I was groomed to do this, yes,” she said when asked if she was coerced into helping athletes. “It doesn’t happen in a day or in a week, but it does happen over time and one day it just hit me.