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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 15

their implementation. (The revised categories and policies become effective with the spring term of 1985; hence, the report would be prepared following the spring term of 1987.)

Appendix A

B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S A C T I O N S T O B E A M E N D E D OR R E P L A C E D

Board of Trustees minutes, December 2 1 , 1 9 3 2 , page 155. 1. Age.— An applicant must be at least sixteen years of age. The dean of the college concerned, however, may admit, on petition, a student fifteen years of age who meets all other requirements for admission and who is to reside, while attending the University, with his parents or guardian, or with someone selected by them. Board of Trustees minutes, December 2 1 , 1 9 3 2 , pages 155, 158. 2. High School Graduation. — An applicant for admission by certificate must be a graduate of an accredited secondary school. Conditions under which nongraduates may be admitted are given on page 158.

GRADUATES OF UNACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Graduates of unaccredited secondary schools which offer four years of instruction are admitted by examination. The Registrar, however, is authorized to admit a student who is a graduate of such an unaccredited secondary school and whose general scholarship rank is in the upper twenty-five per Cent of his graduating class, subject to his passing at the University in advance of admission: 1. A test in English composition and rhetoric. 2. Such other examinations and tests in high school subjects as may be necessary to complete the University entrance requirements and the special requirements of his chosen curriculum.

STUDENTS FROM ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHO ARE N O T GRADUATES

An applicant who has attended, but who has not graduated from, an accredited school, must pass entrance examinations in the following subjects, amounting to five units: English composition 1 unit Additional subjects to be designated by the University authorities. .4 units Total 5 units The remaining ten units necessary to make up the fifteen units required for admission may also be made in entrance examinations or may be offered by certificate from an accredited school. Board of Trustees minutes, December 18,1956, page 171. A person on probation at or dropped from another institution for disciplinary reasons may enter the University only on the approval of the dean of the college concerned and with the approval of the University Senate Committee on Discipline. I recommend approval of these changes in admission requirements, effective September 1, 1957.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, these changes in admission requirements were approved.