NCAA Penalizes Cal State at Northridge for Academic Fraud

California State University at Northridge has been put back on probation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association after an NCAA panel ruled that a basketball coach had tried to arrange for a player to receive credit for courses he never took.

The university, which went off probation in 2003 after being punished for violations of recruiting and ethical-conduct rules, will also lose a men's basketball scholarship for three years.

In its ruling, the NCAA's Division I

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