- CAREER FEATURE
- Correction 12 November 2019
Nature spoke to three US researchers who have built academic careers after they were released.
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Virginia Gewin
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Virginia Gewin is a science journalist based in Portland, Oregon.
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Most applications to academic institutions around the world include a box to check if a student has a criminal history, but a ‘ban the box’ movement is now under way. Last year, the UK Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) — which manages application to all British universities — dropped its criminal-history question. And in August, the US Common Application, used by 800 colleges and universities, removed the question — although individual institutions can still ask it.
Updates & Corrections
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Correction 12 November 2019: An earlier version of this feature mixed up the Formerly-Incarcerated College Graduate Network and the Tacoma Post-Prison Higher Education Coalition.
References
Davis, L. M. et al. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education (Rand Corporation, 2013).