The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/ban-the-box/)
Six percent of schools that responded to surveys reported that their admissions process is identical for applicants with and without a criminal record, according to the Center for Community Alternatives.
Although not all details have been decided, Cornell expects to advance the policy barring significant complications.
Current legal guidelines stipulate that employers cannot discriminate based on prior convictions alone, which can be difficult to prove, according to Garrison Lovely ’16, co-founder and president of the Prison Reform and Education Project.