The latest in the ongoing liberal saga of “change the language/change the world”, comes from the Obama justice department where the directive is to drop the words “felon or criminal” in favor of the more genteel and less pejorative phrase of “justice involved individual.”

The Obama administration is urging landlords and housing authorities as well as colleges and universities to stop requiring people to disclose any criminal  history, but FoxNews.com reports that some schools aren't on board with the idea.

The Department of Education has launched what it calls the "Beyond the Box" campaign under the belief that it's a barrier to college admission for minority students, but critics say that schools have a right to know if potential students have a criminal history, and that other students could be put at risk.  In other words studying Criminology 101 shouldn’t come from protecting your stuff from the guy in the next dorm room over.

Since 2006, the Common Application, which is a form used by nearly 700 schools that allows students to apply to many schools with one form, has included a box for applicants to check if they've ever been found guilty of a crime, but those behind the Common Application are considering eliminating the question.

FoxNews.com reports that among directors of public colleges and universities surveyed last year, 43 percent wanted full reporting of criminal histories, 46 percent wanted at least some disclosure, and just 11 percent said the question should no longer be asked. At private schools, they were even more in favor of disclosure.  Your son or daughter just graduated from high school and is headed off to college this fall.  As a tax paying parent and the person probably footing the bill for school, do you want the administration to know about the criminal history of class  2020?

 

 

 

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