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Carl Kirschner reported out as chair of Academic Oversight Committee

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Carl Kirshner was the interim AD who hired Eddie Jordan. He has been the chair of the Academic Oversight Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics, the group that approves admission of athletes to the University. But is he any more?

Gannett's Ryan Dunleavy, citing "multiple sources", reported that Carl Kirshner, the two-time interim athletic director, is no longer the chair of the Athletics Oversight Committee.

2-time interim #Rutgers AD Carl Kirschner out as academics/athletics committee chair. https://t.co/cGbIFBRYjJ #RFootball #B1GFootball

— Ryan Dunleavy (@rydunleavy) January 8, 2016

According to Dunleavy's story, which first appeared last Friday,

The move appears to be more fallout from an abnormal year at the intersection of academics and athletics.