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I went from prison to professor – here's why criminal records should not be used to keep people out of college

  • Written by Stanley Andrisse, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Howard University
The U.S. leads the world in the rate of incarceration.kittirat roekburi/www.shutterstock.com

Beginning next year, the Common Application – an online form that enables students to apply to the 800 or so colleges that use it – will no longer ask students about their criminal pasts.

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