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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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University Admission Requirements: English Competency1

(8) T h e senates at all campuses have approved a revision of the admission requirements for English competency. T h e present policy states that a test of competence in English shall be required of all foreign students, including transfers, except foreign students who are citizens of a country where the native language is English. T h e revision extends the requirements to all students who apply to the University and is as follows: Minimum requirements for competence in English apply to all University students. An applicant for admission may complete minimum requirements for competence in English by certifying that the following requirements have been fulfilled in a country where English is the primary language and in a school where English is the primary language of instruction: 1. Undergraduate college applicants: graduation with credit for 3 units, or the equivalent, of English from a secondary school; or successful completion of a minimum of two academic years of full-time study at the secondary school or collegiate level immediately prior to the proposed date of enrollment in the University. 2. Graduate and professional college applicants: completion of at least two academic years of full-time study within five years of the proposed date of enrollment in the University. For applicants who do not meet the above requirements, evidence can be provided by achieving a satisfactory score on a test of competence in English. T h e test(s) to be used and the minimum score (s) shall be subject to approval by the University Committee on Admissions with the advice of the University's Technical Committee on Testing. This requirement may be waived upon agreement by the director of admissions and records and the dean of the college concerned, if evidence of competence in English presented by the applicant clearly justifies such action. T h e revision has been approved by the University Committee on Admissions and the admissions committees of the Chicago Circle, Medical Center, and UrbanaChampaign campuses. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. T h e chancellors at the three campuses and the vice president for academic affairs recommend approval. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved. Reorganization of the Faculty of the Rockford School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Medical Center

(9) T h e dean and the faculty of the Rockford School of Medicine have recommended, and the executive dean of the College and the Medical Center Senate have approved, the reorganization of the faculty of the school into the following departments: biomedical sciences, community medicine, family medicine, medicine and medical specialties, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery and surgical specialties. From its inception the school has not been departmentalized but has operated informally under acting chairpersons of the various disciplines, with responsibilities generally corresponding to the plan of departmental organization here recommended. The school has now reached a level of development in which its administration will

1 A proposed revision of this requirement was presented to the board in April 1976 and was not approved. In line with the concerns of the board, the revision now proposed addresses the general question of English competency of all applicants for admission, rather than that of a small and specific group of applicants, i.e., the foreign students and those whose native language is other than English.