Death threats and denial for woman who showed college athletes struggle to read

Posted Jan 9, 2014
The death threats, Mary Willingham expected. More shocking is that UNC is now disavowing her research as a whistleblower -- research that showed between 8% and 10% of the school's football and basketball players are reading below a third-grade level. UNC issued a statement Wednesday saying it did not believe Willingham's account of a basketball player who could not read or write. (CNN)

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