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Executive Privilege
The former governor of North Carolina, Mike Easley, is the focus of this series. Easley accepted a number of free items such as flights, golf club membership, and a discount on a coastal lot. Further, a new job was created strictly for his wife and Easley cleared a friend of DMV violations. He also was involved with a number of other dishonorable activities, which led to state and federal investigations.
Tags: state government; corruption; N.C. State University; administration; laws; first lady; state rules
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Public Schools, Private Money
Reporters exposed problems with the management and transparency of nonprofit foundations associated with the North Carolina State University system, and excessive fees charged by Bank of America to run the North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation's endowment.
Tags: education; university; higher education; nonprofits; North Carolina State University; North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation; schools; colleges; mismanagement; Bank of America
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Raising the Cap
University of North Carolina's student newspaper looks at the university's appeal to increase the 18 percent cap on nonresident students. The reporters, using computer-assisted reporting techniques were able to invalidate the arguments presented by the university to increase the out-of-state student population. They used databases they built to come up with a comparative statistics for in-state and out-of -state students.
Tags: University of North Carolina; out-of-state students; FOI; CAR
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Centennial Campus
North Carolina State University was pushing for $65 million dollars from the state at a time of looming budget problems. Reporters at the Business Journal were suspicious and discovered that the university was planning on building a conference center complete with hotel and golf course and was selling it as an educational venture. The school also planned on forming a non-profit to avoid taxes and ease the creation of the project.
Tags: university; taxes; education; state budgets; state government; lobbying; conference center; non-profit; public universities
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North Carolina State University Public Safety Scandal
An investigation by the Raleigh News and Observer reveals that North Carolina State University's Public Safety Department misspent thousands of dollars in public money.
Tags: North Carolina State University; Raleigh; North Carolina; Public Safety department; schools; public universities; salaries; money; loopholes
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The Charlotte Observer reports on violations of academic rules by North Carolina State University basketball players, in full knowledge of the school's chancellor and with the benefit of coaches who persuaded instructors; 18 stories from Jan. 20 - Dec. 13, 1989.
Tags: Clarke Day NCAA Valvano