UNC-Chapel Hill says it spent over $7 million on grade scandal related legal and PR help. The University brought in outside assistance during the academic lawsuits in recent years.
The university said Monday the money went to three law firms and one public relations firm. The work largely dates to mid-2014, but some started in 2012. The university said none of the fees came from state funds or tuition money.
Fallout including lawsuits and an NCAA investigation stems from fake classes and artificially high grades in one academic department for nearly two decades starting in the early 1990s. About half the 3,100 students in the classes were athletes.
The university said it was releasing the information in response to a public records request by The News & Observer newspaper in Raleigh.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.