Georgia's university system is developing plans to require criminal background checks on all new faculty and staff, but the idea does not sit well with the organization that represents professors in the state.
In a memo December memo to university presidents, Chancellor Erroll Davis said he had asked the system's legal affairs office to draft a 'more systematic policy,' requiring background checks for all full-time hires.
Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities have a variety of policies on criminal checks, he said in the memo. Some require them for all employees; others check only those in a position of trust.
Under the new policy, all new hires would face a state and federal criminal history check covering a minimum of seven years and a Social Security check. Those in professional, faculty and academic positions would also undergo an academic credentials check."
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