"One method to protect students from sexual assault on university campuses risks rolling back hard-won gains aimed at ensuring offenders get second chances.
WITH THE COUNTRY POISED to address criminal justice reform, colleges and universities are increasingly making spaces for formerly incarcerated people. But for many institutions of higher education, especially those where the majority of students live on campus, safeguarding against admitting someone with a history of sexual misconduct is also increasingly top of mind.
Those competing interests – being a space for second chances while also protecting against potential dangers – are playing out in real time as supporters of the #MeToo movement are colliding head-on with supporters of the “ban the box” movement, splintering a civil rights community that historically falls on the same side of an issue." …
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2019-01-16/when-metoo-and-ban-the-box-collide