Turns out, the grand jury in Orange County is looking at academics. WRAL is reporting that Julius Nyang'oro has been indicted for obtaining property by false pretenses.
N.C.G.S. 19 § 14-100 the statute under which Nyang'oro is charged provides in relevant part: "(a) If any person shall knowingly and designedly by means of any kind of false pretense whatsoever, whether the false pretense is of a past or subsisting fact or of a future fulfillment or event, obtain or attempt to obtain from any person within this State any money, goods, property, services, chose in action, or other thing of value with intent to cheat or defraud any person of such money, goods, property, services, chose in action or other thing of value, such person shall be guilty of a felony...."
The facts alleged in the indictment speak only to one no-show class. According to the article and the Martin investigation, Nyang'oro's last pay check was garnished by the University for the amount paid him to teach the class. Of course, $12,000 is meaningless to the UNC system. The point they are trying to make is though. Professors do need to be held to a minimal standard. And that standard includes actually teaching the classes they are paid to teach. What Nyang'oro allegedly did, was teach nothing and hand out grades to all who signed up. A complete fraud. Nyang'oro's crime was not just against the University, or even the people of North Carolina. He also stole the opportunity to learn from the students who enrolled in his no-show course.
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