Court to Decide if Colleges Are Required to Screen Applicants' Criminal Records.

Fields, Cheryl M.

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ERIC Number: EJ352676

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Publication Date: 1987

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Court to Decide if Colleges Are Required to Screen Applicants' Criminal Records.

Fields, Cheryl M.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n32 p1,36 Apr 22 1987

New York's highest court is being urged to overturn a ruling that could make colleges legally responsible for the conduct of everyone they admit. The case arose from the rape and murder of a female student at the State University of New York College at Buffalo in 1976. (MLW)

Descriptors: Campuses, College Applicants, Court Litigation, Crime, Crime Prevention, Criminals, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, Legal Responsibility, School Security, Student Records

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