It is important to note that faculty members are never supervised or monitored, so as long as the money situation is OK whatever happens in the classroom is a nonissue as long as students don’t complain. That is why the scandal at UNC’s African and African-American Studies department happened. It was revealed after decades only after a tutor spilled the beans, and she was hounded and slandered.

It is a certainty that similar scandals exist at every university and college in the US, and likely overseas as well, at least wherever the American model prevails. The prime suspects will always be the largely contentless “* Studies Programs.” They exist because they serve the needs of faculty, students, athletic departments and administrations.