The University of Wisconsin instated a self-disclosure and background-check policy for potential faculty members last spring, after the university discovered that three professors were convicted felons.
Wisconsin also considered the issue of faculty recruitment before requiring disclosure and background checks, but says the policy is too new to evaluate its effect.
“It remains too early to tell” whether the policy impacts the recruitment of faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison Human Resources Director Mark Walters s
The University of Wisconsin instated a self-disclosure and background-check policy for potential faculty members last spring, after the university discovered that three professors were convicted felons.
Wisconsin also considered the issue of faculty recruitment before requiring disclosure and background checks, but says the policy is too new to evaluate its effect.
“It remains too early to tell” whether the policy impacts the recruitment of faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison Human Resources Director Mark Walters said.