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UNC hit with probation from accrediting agency

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  • Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. -- An accreditation agency important to colleges receiving federal funds says University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is on probation for a year over its academic fraud scandal.

The board of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges decided Thursday to sanction the school -- the country's oldest public university -- over failing to comply with several key operating principals including integrity and control of intercollegiate athletics.