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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 25

ferring to admission on probation of students who rank in the lowest quarter of their graduating classes. This paragraph is, therefore, omitted from the present report. 3. Units Required.—The proposal here is to reduce the requirement of two majors and two minors or three majors selected from English, foreign language, mathematics, science, and social studies, to two majors and one minor, and to permit six units instead of five to be selected from any of the high school subjects which are accepted by an accredited high school toward its diploma and which meet the standards for accrediting a s defined by the University of Illinois. There is also under this heading a statement of the University's attitude with reference to high school courses in such fields as agriculture, art, commerce, home economics, industrial arts, and music. The statement is new, but it is merely an expression of what in terms of our entrance requirements has been the attitude of the University heretofore. 4. Majors and Minors.—Under this heading there is only a very slight change in the statement with reference to one of the majors—English. 5. Graduates of Three-Year Senior High Schools.—This is merely a rephrasing of the present requirements to make them fit proposed requirements so far as three-year senior high school graduates are concerned. T h e proposals here presented originally to the University Senate at its meeting of February 12, with the recommendation that they become effective in September, 1940, and thereafter. T h e Senate at its February meeting referred the proposals to the various colleges and schools for further study, and the results of this study were presented to the Senate at its meeting of April I, with the result that the changes have been approved in the form presented. I do not think the delay from the February meeting to the April meeting of the Senate should make any difference in the date upon which the proposed requirements are to become effective. P R O P O S E D CHANGES IN E N T R A N C E REQUIREMENTS

(Approved by the University Senate April 1, 1940)

1. H I G H SCHOOL GRADUATION

Present Wording "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 71.)" Proposed Wording High School Graduation.—To be admitted by certificate, an applicant must be a graduate of an accredited secondary school. If the school is in Illinois, it must be accredited by the University of Illinois; if located elsewhere, its rating must be equivalent to accreditation by the University of Illinois. For a list of sources from which credits are accepted on certification, see page 71. Conditions under which nongraduates may be admitted are given on page 71.

2. APPLICANTS W I T H SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP RECORDS FROM ACCREDITED SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Present Wording "The Registrar is authorized to admit, without adhering to the usual subject requirements, a student who is a graduate of an accredited secondary school and whose scholarship rank is in the upper twenty-five per cent of his graduating class. The student's rank is to be based on work completed in grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve in the case of four-year high schools, and on work completed in grades ten, eleven, and twelve in the case of three-year senior high schools. Such students need present only those specific high school courses that are prerequisite to courses in the curricula which they desire to follow in the University."