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Opinion: A Criminal Oversight in College Background Checks

By Mark GrabowskiJul 13th 2010 – 6:15AM
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The Christian Science Monitor / Getty Images

(July 13) -- Posting a scandalous photo on Facebook could get you rejected from the college of your choice. But there's a good chance a rape conviction won't. Only 4 percent of colleges conduct criminal background checks on students, and 36 percent of schools don't even require self-disclosure of crimes, according to a...

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A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records (in certain instances such as employment screening) of an individual.

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