Rally demands equal access to college for ex-convicts
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- The Johns Hopkins News-Letter reported on a Hopkins and Baltimore rally supporting a ban on criminal-history questions in college applications.
- The paper reported that the rally took place on the Beach, was co-sponsored by the SGA and organized by Out For Justice, Inc. and From Prison Cells to PhD.
- The article says Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed a bill that would have required colleges to stop asking about criminal histories, and that supporters were seeking an override in January 2018.
- The reporter writes that Stanley Andrisse spoke about education after prison and said, “We want to override the veto come January,”
- The article adds that the final bill would let colleges using third-party applications collect criminal-history information, but would require them to say that disclosure would not block admission.
- According to the article, Hopkins supported the final bill and said its admissions process considers applicants’ academic and personal records, while a criminal record does not automatically prevent admission.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA unanimously passed a Sept. 19 resolution supporting the movement and urging Hopkins to remove the criminal-history checkbox and add a statement by Dec. 1, 2017.