The State University of New York board voted Wednesday to remove from the 64-campus system's application a question asking applicants to declare prior felony convictions. At the same time, the system will ask some of those admitted, postadmission, for that information. Admitted applicants will have to answer the question if they seek campus housing or to participate in certain clinical or field experiences, internships, or study abroad. The 8 to 2 vote by SUNY's board is a major victory for the ban the box movement, which has urged colleges to stop asking questions about criminal convictions. SUNY receives more than 300,000 applications a year for its four-year colleges alone, so many people will no longer see that question once the new policy is in place for the 2018 admissions cycle.

September 15, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed