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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970
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710 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 17 approved do not enroll. Consequently, 847 of the 4,197 qualified applicants could not be admitted. "Because of the high test scores and class ranks of the applicants, the academic qualifications of the admitted group equal those of the freshman approved for fall 1969 admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Many are valedictorians and salutatorians. One-third rank in the top 5 per cent of their high school class, and more than half rank in the top 10 per cent. Ninety per cent rank in the upper quarter. In terms of test scores, 99 per cent rank above the national median score for college-bound students, and 90 per cent rank in the top quarter. As a group, the academic qualifications of the 847 students who originally were not approved are the same as those approved — they are neither above nor below, as a group. "Despite the strenuous efforts to inform high schools and the general public that the random selection procedure would be employed in the event that qualified applicants exceeded spaces in a given college, it became apparent, following the December 1 issuance of notices of acceptance and denial, that many individual applicants were not aware that this procedure would be used. For this reason, the decision was announced on December 12 to admit all qualified Illinois resident students whose complete applications for admission to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were received by November 1. "It was recognized that this decision, made in behalf of the students concerned, would create some problems of overcrowding, as well as the postponement by some freshmen of courses which would otherwise be taken during the first year. While every effort will be made to minimize these problems, some will be unavoidable. "It is difficult to estimate the additional number of students who will enroll as a result of this decision. Based on previous experience, approximately onethird of those who are approved do not enroll in the University. Forty-eight of the 847 had already been admitted through the spaces reserved for the James Scholar program for superior students. In addition, a number of students originally denied had been approved for admission to other colleges on the LlrbanaChampaign campus. Some may choose to remain in those colleges, although they will be permitted to change to Liberal Arts and Sciences if they wish. "The decision does not affect the new admission policy adopted by the Board of Trustees for implementation in September, 1971, at both the Chicago Circle and Urbana-Champaign campuses. Clearly the new policy does not envision random selection among all applicants regardless of their qualifications — or even among qualified applicants unless their numbers exceed the spaces available in a given college by the time that action on applications begins. As already noted, the overall quality of the 1970 Liberal Arts and Sciences group which was selected at random from the eligible applicants is extremely high. It is equally clear that the plan does result in the denial of some very highly qualified individuals. "Included in the recommendations adopted by the Faculty Senates was the statement, "The effect of these policies shall be reviewed regularly by the University Committee on Admissions, with a report to the Senates each year.' The review process will provide a careful analysis of the results of the initial application of the random selection plan in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Urbana-Champaign campus." President Henry stated that the administration was bringing criticisms and comments of the present policy to the various committees involved in reviewing it and that he anticipated bringing to the Trustees a report on this review as soon as it had been completed. AWARD OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATES (1) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to the following candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked Certified Public Accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law:
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