Take Action: Ban the Box in College Admissions

Everyone deserves a fair chance to access education. Asking prospective students to disclose prior experience with the criminal legal system in their college applications undermines this.

Yet most four-year colleges in the United States require this information, even though it deters potential applicants and doesn’t improve campus safety. Policies like this are unnecessary and make it difficult for people to move forward with their lives.

Schools across the country should ban the box in admissions and help ensure that people with conviction histories can pursue transformative education.

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