US universities mull ditching criminal conviction question

Advocates for using education to help former inmates get their lives back on track say that current policies are deterring applications

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October 20, 2016

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February 16, 2017

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On the record: in the US, one in three working-age adults has a criminal past

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Print headline: ‘You have this sense of, I did my time and I’m still being judged’

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