Ban the Box in College Applications: A Balanced Approach Notes 26 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 2016-2017

26 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 171 (2016-2017)
Ban the Box in College Applications: A Balanced Approach

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BAN THE BOX IN COLLEGE APPLICATIONS:
A BALANCED APPROACH

H.S. Albert Jung*

INTRODUCTION: STORIES FROM Two SIDES ...................... 171
I. LEGAL BACKGROUND, DEVELOPMENT, AND CRITICISMS OF
THE CURRENT ADMISSIONS POLICY REGARDING CRIMINAL
HISTORY .............................................. 175
A. Current Trends and Main Criticisms Regarding the
Use of Criminal History in College Admission
Process ................................... 175
B. Federal and State Law Regarding the Use of
Criminal History in College Admission Process ...... 177
C. The Case of the SUNY System and Its Adoption of
Criminal History Screening ..................... 178
D. The Story of Vivian Nixon and Other Ex-Offender
Applicants ................................. 180
E. The Proposed Vivian's Law . ................... 182
II. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL HISTORY SCREENING
AND HEIGHTENED CAMPUS SAFETY ...................... 184
III. CRIMINAL HISTORY SCREENING AND THE CHANCE OF
ADMISSION ............................................ 188
IV. BURDENSOME ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRES
MORE ATTENTION ..................................... 192
CONCLUSION: A BALANCED APPROACH .......................... 194

INTRODUCTION: STORIES FROM Two SIDES

Keri Blakinger, an Ivy League student, once known as the heroin
queenpin of the campus, changed her ways while in prison and now
passionately fights for the rights of ex-offenders, specifically regarding

* J.D. Candidate, Cornell Law School, 2017; B.A./B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of
Oregon, 2012; Managing Editor, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 26. I
would like to thank the SUNY Office of General Counsel for the internship that inspired this
Note.

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