Re: Background Checks in Higher Ed?

["Davis, Thomas R." <tdavis () IU EDU>]

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Sadler, Connie
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:14 AM To:
SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Background Checks
in
Higher Ed? 

> I heard recently that some institutions of higher ed are now
> beginning to institute background checks for some staff and
> faculty. Does anyone do this - or know who does? I hear that some
> institutions do simple checks (financial and criminal) for their
> security personnel and sys admins (in key positions) and some do
> simple screens for their faculty and staff. Coming from an industry
> background, I have seen this done in 
> aerospace and financial sectors (and some in health care), but not
> in education. If anyone is doing this, I'd appreciate hearing from
> you.  

Hi Connie,
  We have performed Limited Criminal History (LCH) checks for all
external finalists (and internal finalists with less than 1 year on
staff) for the security positions within our office for several
years.  Recently, however, our HR office instituted a university wide
policy on background checks that takes effect on July 1, 2004.  

 [1] http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/policies/uwide/bkg_check.html

Hope this helps,

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Tom Davis, Information Technology Security Officer, CISSP, CISM
Office of the VP for Information Technology, Indiana University
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