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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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comparable to programs offered by the University of Illinois" and be accredited by the associations or agencies noted. The following amendments are recommended by the University Committee on Admissions to the policy adopted by the Board of Trustees on April 20, 1977. Additions are in italics, deletions are enclosed in brackets. 1. Admission of transfer students to the University of Illinois is based only on the transfer course work which is [of such a nature as to prepare students to continue on to baccalaureate degree programs (or equivalent programs)] similar in nature, content, and level to that offered by the University of Illinois. Such courses are normally referred to as transfer or college parallel work. Other course work completed, such as technical courses similar in content and level to courses taught at the University, will be used in evaluation for admission, only upon the request of the Dean of the College to which the student seeks admission. 2. Transfer credit, as defined above, will be accepted at full value for admission purposes on transfer to the University of Illinois if earned in: a. colleges and universities which offer degree programs that are comparable to programs offered by the University of Illinois and (i) are members of, or hold Candidate for Accreditation status from, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or other regional accrediting association^], or (ii) lb. colleges and universities which are neither members of, nor holders of Candidate for Accreditation status from, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools or other regional accrediting associations, but which have been granted accreditation by a specialized or programmatic] that are accredited by another accrediting agency which is a member of the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation (COPA).['] [c.]6. Illinois public community colleges which are neither members of, nor holders of Candidate for Accreditation status from, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, but which are approved and recognized by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), for a period of time not to exceed five years from the date on which the college registers its first class after achieving ICCB recognition. 3. Certain [Illinois] colleges and universities do not meet the specifications in 2 above, but have been assigned a status by the University Committee on Admissions which permits credit to be accepted on a provisional basis for admissions purposes on transfer to the University of Illinois. Transfer credit, as defined in 1 above, from such colleges and universities is accepted on a deferred basis to be validated by satisfactory completion of additional work in residence. Validation through satisfactory work in residence may be accomplished by earning in the University of Illinois, or other fully accredited' college or university, at least a 3.0 (A = 5.0) grade-point average (higher if prescribed by the curriculum the student wishes to enter) in the first 12 to 30 semester (18 to 45 quarter) hours completed following transfer. 4. Credit, as specified in 1 above, transferred from an approved3 community or junior college is limited only by the provision that the student must earn at least sixty semester or ninety quarter hours required for the degree at the University or at any other approved" four-year college or university after attaining junior standing, except that the student must meet the residence requirements that apply to all students for a degree from the University. When a school or college within the University requires three years of preprofessional college credit for admission, at least the last thirty semester or forty-five quarter hours must be taken in an approved' four-year collegiate institution.

[' This excludes the following institutional accrediting agencies: Association of Independent Colleges and Schools (AICS) (proprietary business sthoou). National Association of Trade and Technical Schools (NATTS), National Home Study Council (NHSC), and American Association of Bible Colleges (AABC).l 3 Colleges and universities which meet one or more of tlie specifications listed in 2, above.