Applying to university with criminal convictions: a comparative study of admissions policies in the United States and United Kingdom

Higher education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom increasingly require prospective students to disclose past criminal history on admissions applications. However, a social movement aimed at improving opportunities for people with criminal records may force higher education to reconsider this practice. This paper offers a descriptive comparative analysis of admissions policies for people with criminal records in the US and UK by exploring policy contexts, written policies and admissions data. For the first time, admissions data were collected from a sample of UK universi... Show more

Authors: Custer, Bradley D.

Published: Abingdon, England, Taylor and Francis, 2018

Resource type: Article

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