The University of Arizona religious studies professor accused of academic fraud has been cleared, school officials said.

Alexander Nava didn't arrange for a student athlete to take an independent study course, according to a redacted report by UA's athletics department released Monday.

The report also said Nava didn't ask the student's other professors to avoid dropping him from a classics course and the student didn't need prerequisites to take other graduate-level classes.

The document will go to the Pacific-10 Conference for a review. The conference may accept UA's findings or conduct its own investigation.

The allegations were revealed after eight UA classics department faculty members signed a vote of no-confidence in Nava, questioning how he handled his classes and asking that he be removed as the interim head.

Nava stepped down but said he did so because of tensions in the classics department, not because of the allegations.