A timeline of the NCAA’s UNC investigation:
1979: UNC hires Deborah Crowder, a Mecklenburg County native and 1975 graduate, as the student services manager in what was then the African and Afro-American Studies Curriculum.
1984: Julius Nyang’oro comes to UNC as a visiting assistant professor. He earns his law degree from Duke and tutors student athletes for UNC. He joined the faculty in 1990 and won tenure two years later, a rapid rise.
1992: Nyang’oro becomes chairman of the curriculum. He had a “hands-off” approach to management, and allowed Crowder to largely run the department. She took advantage of that authority to begin creating “paper” classes that offered high grades with little regard for the quality of work.