Criminal Conviction & College Admissions

[Anonymous]

Can a college deny admission to someone who has been convicted of a crime? Any crime or only certain crimes? I know there are laws and EEOC guidance for how employers can make decisions based on criminal convictions, but what about colleges?

[Anonymous]

I am not sure but I think I read that FAFSA recently changed their rules on this to be more lenient.

[Anonymous]

they can, and depending on the crime, they could be held liable if they knowingly introduced a criminal into a dorm environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they can, and depending on the crime, they could be held liable if they knowingly introduced a criminal into a dorm environment.

If the person commits a crime again in the dorm or is there a law saying no one convicted of a crime can live in a dorm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they can, and depending on the crime, they could be held liable if they knowingly introduced a criminal into a dorm environment.

If the person commits a crime again in the dorm or is there a law saying no one convicted of a crime can live in a dorm?

look at the Baylor title IX litigation. The college brought a known rapist onto campus and they are probably going to end up being liable for that decision

[Anonymous]

If it's a drug conviction watch out for limits on federal student loans and education tax credits.

[Anonymous]

Colleges can deny people for just about any reason: probably not straight-up their race but that's about it. Some schools can discriminate based on sex or religion. Of course they can take a criminal consideration into account. You think someone's going to be successful in saying "yeah I know I murdered a couple of people but my SATs are above average"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colleges can deny people for just about any reason: probably not straight-up their race but that's about it. Some schools can discriminate based on sex or religion. Of course they can take a criminal consideration into account. You think someone's going to be successful in saying "yeah I know I murdered a couple of people but my SATs are above average"?

Well there are laws preventing the use of convictions to deny someone employment, so why not college?

[Anonymous]

Yes this is a thing.

Sometimes kids write letters to the admissions departments for a review.

Rarely will they deny admissions for weed convictions, unless the student was a big dealer.

UMD has a ton of kids with convictions for weed and DUI

[Anonymous]

But they are allowed to take character into account, since they are building a community.

If the crime occurred at a low point for the kid, they should probably explain why/how they are different now.

If they are not, and the school has options, why would this not be a negative? Be objective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes this is a thing.

Sometimes kids write letters to the admissions departments for a review.

Rarely will they deny admissions for weed convictions, unless the student was a big dealer.

UMD has a ton of kids with convictions for weed and DUI

The weed, meh, but the DUI bothers me. They have so many qualified applicants, why waste a spot on someone who endangered the lives of others so stupidly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can a college deny admission to someone who has been convicted of a crime? Any crime or only certain crimes? I know there are laws and EEOC guidance for how employers can make decisions based on criminal convictions, but what about colleges?

A college can deny admission to anyone it wants. What a weird question.

[Anonymous]

Colleges have a variety of approaches to addressing criminal history, suspensions from school, and other infractions. If it may be an issue for your kid, do your research.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can a college deny admission to someone who has been convicted of a crime? Any crime or only certain crimes? I know there are laws and EEOC guidance for how employers can make decisions based on criminal convictions, but what about colleges?

A college can deny admission to anyone it wants. What a weird question.

Ahhh DCUM never lets me down. Can’t get past page 1 without a b!tch response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colleges can deny people for just about any reason: probably not straight-up their race but that's about it. Some schools can discriminate based on sex or religion. Of course they can take a criminal consideration into account. You think someone's going to be successful in saying "yeah I know I murdered a couple of people but my SATs are above average"?

Well there are laws preventing the use of convictions to deny someone employment, so why not college?

Not that I'm aware of. There are laws requiring the criminal background check to be deferred until after the interview and the like, but there's no law that a day care has to hire a child molester or a pharmacy has to hire a drug dealer or that a bank has to hire a check kiter.