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Florida State University investigated academic plagiarism and favoritism among some of its star athletes after a teaching assistant reported feeling pressured into padding their grades and giving them special treatment, according to a new report from The New York Times.
The teaching assistant, Christina Suggs, who the Times reported died later, worked in Florida State’s Dedman School of Hospitality. Athletes who enrolled in online course in the school were reportedly allowed to make up assignments and miss deadlines. Suggs was personally instructed by the professor who ran the hospitality courses, Mark Bonn, to allow a player to turn in an assignment late. The Times also outlined evidence of players plagiarizing.
The university revamped its online courses, which were popular among athletes, but according to a statement provided to the Times, this was not done because of Suggs’ complaint.
