North Carolina chancellor Holden Thorp, whose tenure has been marred by several athletics-related scandals over the past two years, will resign at the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the school announced Monday.
"I will always do what is best for this University," Thorp said in a prepared statement. "This wasn't an easy decision personally. But when I thought about the University and how important it's been to me, to North Carolinians and to hundreds of thousands of alumni, my answer became clear."
The announcement came three days after Thorp answered questions Friday from the UNC Board of Governors during a closed-door meeting about the school's top fundraiser, Matt Kupec, and Tami Hansbrough, a gifts officer and mother of former basketball star Tyler Hansbrough.
Kupec and Tami Hansbrough resigned last week after Thorp found discovered that the couple had charged questionable travel expenses to the school.
It was just the latest scandal Thorp has resided over since he became chancellor in July, 2008.
"Over the last two years, we have identified a number of areas that need improvement," Thorp in the prepared statement. "We have a good start on reforms that are important for the future of this University.
"I have pledged that we will be a better university, and I am 100 percent confident in that. We still have work to do, and I intend to be fully engaged in that until the day I walk out of this office."
Last March, the NCAA imposed a one-year postseason ban and scholarship reductions on UNC's football program as penalty for improper benefits and academic misconduct involving a tutor.
That was on top of the school's self-imposed penalties, which included 16 vacated wins, probation, the firing of football coach Butch Davis and the resignation of AD Dick Baddour. The timing of Davis' firing -- just days before practice for the 2011 season was set to begin -- drew a negative outcry from some fans.
Then, as an offshoot of the NCAA investigation, a UNC internal probe released in May found that 54 AFAM classes were either "aberrant" or "irregularly" taught from summer 2007 to summer 2011. That included unauthorized grade changes, forged faculty signatures on grade rolls and limited or no class time.
Although more than 50 percent of the students in those suspect classes were athletes, the NCAA told UNC officials late last month that the university apparently did not break NCAA rules. UNC says no student received a grade without submitting written work.
Among other actions, Thorp commissioned an independent investigation, led by former North Carolina governor James Martin, to look into any additional academic irregularities that may have occurred before 2007. That probe is ongoing.
According to the release, Thorp notified UNC president Tom Ross on Sunday of his intent to resign, effective June 30, 2013. He is willing to stay beyond that date, if needed.
Wade Hargrove, chair of UNC's Board of Trustees, said in a prepared statement that the board tried to talk Thorp out of his decision.
"I respect his unwavering commitment to always do what he thinks best serves the University,'' Hargrove said in the statement. "Holden Thorp has done an exemplary job as chancellor, especially in improving a wide range of processes and academic and fiscal management procedures.
"It is inspirational to see the passion that Holden has for the University and the positive impact a research university can have on society."
Thorp, who holds a Kenan Professorship, will return return to UNC's chemistry department, where he was a longtime professor, researcher and a former chair before he became chancellor.
David M. Hale 18 Sep, 2012
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Source: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8390950/north-carolina-tar-heels-chancellor-holden-thorp-resigns-latest-athletic-scandal
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