Some UNC faculty members want to create a new committee to oversee academic decisions regarding athletes.

Four professors petitioned the Faculty Executive Committee on Monday, saying the current committee charged with that task fell far short, as evidenced by the findings of the Wainstein report.

That report identified nearly 20 years of fraudulent classes involving more than 3,100 students, many of whom were athletes.

Now, some are calling for more participation from professors in the College of Arts and Sciences, where most undergraduates and student athletes take classes.

Currently, six of the nine members of the Faculty Athletic Committee teach in the professional schools.

Proponents of the changes say they plan to draft a formal proposal to restructure the committee to include more professors who have direct contact with student athletes.

The Faculty Athletic Committee is hosting the second in a series of listening sessions on academics and athletics in the aftermath of the Wainstein report. The session is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in the Hitchcock Room of the Sonya Haynes Stone Center. You can learn more here.