Re: Background Checks in Higher Ed?

[Willis Marti <wmarti () TAMU EDU>]

> > 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.

http://hr.tamu.edu/employment/faq.html#securitysensitive

Cheers,
 Willis Marti
 Associate Director for Networking
 Computing & Information Services
 Texas A&M University

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