Professors at UGA wary about plan for background checks 02/07/07

OnlineAthens.com | UGANews | Professors at UGA wary about plan for background checks 02/07/07: "A proposed policy that could require hundreds of prospective University of Georgia employees a year to submit to a criminal background check has worried some professors, who plan to discuss the proposal at staff meetings this week.

On Dec. 7, University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis wrote a letter to UGA President Michael Adams and presidents of the system's 34 other institutions, soliciting questions and comments on a systemwide background check policy.

The proposed policy would require all the finalists for all full-time jobs at each institution to submit to a state and federal criminal background check and, for academic faculty and staff, a credentials check.

The policy would create a uniform system for all colleges and universities in the system, replacing a patchwork of rules at different schools, according to Davis' letter."