Debbie Crowder

…The people who gained from the AFAM scheme are the athletics department, the coaches, the administrators who had fewer problems to deal with because this was there. Those are the people, the powerful people in these transactions. Debbie Crowder and the athletes, they don't deserve any of the blame for this.…

…In 2008, Debbie Crowder announced her retirement from UNC. She'd spent two decades as the office administrator in the African and Afro-American Studies Department, or AFAM. During this time, she'd used her position to offer fake courses that helped student-athletes stay academically eligible. So for the athletic department, her retirement wasn't exactly wel…

…University leaders were in luck. Two people were about to take it upon themselves to lighten the academic load for student athletes. The first was Debbie Crowder, the office administrator for the African and Afro-American Studies Department, or AFAM. Debbie had gone to UNC for undergrad and was a diehard Carolina fan.…