Caption: Booklet - State of University (1958)
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3. More efficient counseling and admissions arran -rnrii! the Uni < relations with the high hools are more extensiv< efficient, and < dial < than they have been in the past, and admission, r < tration and fn man week procedures have improved. The steps taken in the administration of testin job placement, tunseling, n tration, student aids housing contracts, el , have all made their contribution to imp ved relationships. 4. Availability of approved housing for n irly all student men. both women and It should be pointed out, moi >ver, that the increa of 1,082 students was realized without any relaxation of standards. Denials totaled about 2,500 this year, as opposed to about 1,700 in 1957-58, when statistics on this m a t t e r were kept for the first time. Indeed, the complexion of the student body has changed as a result of the new admissions practic< , according to Dean C. \V. Sanford. Nearly ) per cent of the freshmen who enrolled last September on the U r b a n a - C h a m p a i l campus came from the top quarter of their high school classes, and n« 1} 80 per cent were from the top half — a significant increase in each c a t e g o r over the previous year. Comparable improvement was noticed at the Chicago Und( graduate Division. T h e 14.68 per cent from the third quarter of the graduating c nd the ").81 per cent from the lowest quarter are the smallest percentages in thes< ( tegories in the University's record. This improvement in the quality of the student body has been achieved without arbitrary admissions regulations and with proper consideration of the capacities of the individual student. SOME ACADEMIC NOTES R ruitm* fit TI past ear has been a notable one in faculty recruitment \N have tted the departure of several honored and res{ ted colleagues { ol ater i pons ibility, we have been i a til KU I to announce M ap ;i list of disiii, bed appointments. In general the Univei N h ibl meet the intense academic competition among tlu* first-rate iml : t of the country. A^ will be noted later, to bold our own in kind < nj tition will lequire prompt improvement in facilities and salai -. b it th moment we arc pleased with the peisonnel n , ord l The inp/e itiom li.it ol I ult \ honOI and post ol I iir lal s 6
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