CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina says the NCAA has reviewed irregularities in an academic department and told university officials it has found no rules violations so far.

In a statement Friday, the school said NCAA and UNC officials jointly reviewed problems in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies last fall during the NCAA’s ongoing probe of violations within the football program.

The school said the NCAA found no apparent violations then and “reaffirmed” that when the school updated the NCAA on its AFAM findings on Aug. 23.

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