Education Industry
Kroll knows that the reputation of an educational institution is rooted in the quality of its faculty, administrators, staff, and suppliers – and its ability to provide a safe learning environment for students. Sound hiring practices help make that possible. Through a full range of solutions, Kroll can help educational institutions verify the backgrounds, performance histories, and capabilities of every individual that seeks employment on their campuses.
But we also understand that while academia faces many of the same risks as Kroll’s corporate clients, such as the hiring of personnel, physical security of your facilities, and applicant selection, you face a number of unique challenges that necessitate a screening partner with deep experience in serving the educational community. Some of these education-specific challenges include:
- Creating dynamically open yet safe academic environments
- Preserving carefully built reputations - all the more important in private schools and higher education, where word of mouth can make or break your success
- Maintaining intellectual integrity through well-qualified students and faculty
- Verifying credentials for domestic and international applicants and employees
Kroll’s more than 35 years of experience in working with the educational community provides us with unparalleled insight. As a result, our comprehensive screening services strengthen institutional integrity and enable academic institutions to focus on what they do best – education and research.
Kroll’s education-specific services include:
- Employment background checks – Helps ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, works to reduce theft and violence on campuses, and verifies that teachers, staff, and administrators are qualified to work in an educational environments.
- Student background verifications – Enables institutions to select the most qualified candidates from a pool of applicants who have lived, worked, and studied all over the world. Services range from employment, academic, and credential screening to civil and criminal record searches.
- Supplier/vendor screening – Provides detailed information about campus service providers, including businesses, owners, and their employees who have access to your students, staff, and facilities.
- Investment screening services – Allows endowment professionals to make informed investment decisions and effectively conduct research on alternative asset managers.
U.S.- specific searches for education include:
Student applicant screening – Allows professional schools, graduate programs, and undergraduate institutions to verify the backgrounds and credentials of applicants from a multinational pool.
Recommendation verifications – Helps institutions verify both the authenticity and accuracy of letters of recommendation.
Verification of residence information – Enables a university to accurately track student and faculty histories while ensuring compliance with the SEVIS system.
Substance abuse testing – Helps institutions reduce the incidence of drug use and its effects in the workplace and on campus.
Form I-9 including E-Verify – Enables organizations to accurately and quickly perform employment eligibility verification, reduce Form I-9 processing errors, securely store and retrieve I-9 Forms online, receive proactive notifications of employees’ expiring work authorizations, and help reduce the potential for identity theft.