11-Aug-10 8:00 AM CST
U. of Virginia Abandons Proposed Student Background Checks in Favor of Stricter Self-Disclosure
After the death in May of Yeardley Love, a senior at the University of Virginia, and the arrest on murder charges of George Huguely V, a classmate with a prior arrest unknown to the university, officials there made bold proposals. They suggested running regular criminal background checks on all students and setting up a system in which state law-enforcement agencies would notify the university of students' arrests.For the complete story click here
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Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Virginia-Abandons/123870/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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