Policies & Procedures

Policy: 8103

Students may be subject to criminal history background checks as they participate in College courses or for subsequent employment depending on the major in which they are enrolled or the employer who hires them upon completion of their college work. Students who are enrolled in programs for which they may not be subsequently employable, due to their criminal history, may be counseled to transfer to another major if the criminal record becomes known to the College.

The College will cooperate with all institutions and agencies requiring such checks and will strive to inform students through regular sources, such as the catalog and handbook, of programs in which criminal history background checks may be necessary. However, due to evolving and new requirements for such checks, the College may be unable to provide all information necessary regarding every profession, institution, or agency requiring criminal history background checks.

Accordingly, it is the responsibility of the student, not the College, to understand the requirements for such checks. All costs for background checks or other such reviews or activities will be the responsibility of the student. Details on necessary criminal history background checks for specific programs and the processes associated with them will be provided in the administrative procedure.

References:

Rowan College of South Jersey Administrative Procedure, 8103 Criminal History Background Checks for Students