Documents in Fraud Case Made Public by Florida St.

Florida State has released nearly 700 pages of documents about an academic fraud case at the university after an appeals court ruled that the records should be made public, revealing fresh details and shedding light on the normally secret process by which the N.C.A.A investigates violations of its rules. The 695-page transcript of an N.C.A.A. hearing released Wednesday by Florida State included the testimony of the university president, T. K. Wetherell, who apologized for the actions of a ''rogue tutor'' and an instructor while minimizing the culpability of athletes, who were found to have received answers to test questions and allowed tutors to type and write their papers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]