The Chronicle of Higher Education

Baylor U. Plans to Conduct Criminal Checks on Transfer Athletes

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Baylor University's president said on Tuesday that he would accept the recommendation of a campus committee that the university conduct criminal background checks on athletes who seek to transfer to Baylor and require all new athletes to provide character references.

The new policy, recommended in a report released on Monday, is a...

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