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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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AFTERNOON SESSION, FEBRUARY 14, 1946 When the Board convened in open session at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 14, 1946, the same members and officers were present as during the morning session.

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

The Board considered the following matters presented by the President of the University.

ADMISSION OF N E W STUDENTS

(1) A statement on the housing situation and the admission of new students for the coming semester. On motion of Dr. Meyer, the following action was taken: 1. The action of January 31, 1946 (Minutes, pages 982^983), on the admission of students for the coming semester was reconsidered and rescinded. 2. The Registrar was authorized to issue permits to enter the University in the departments at Urbana and Champaign for the coming semester to all applicants who present satisfactory evidence showing that they have secured housing for the semester. 3. The administrative officers of the University, including the deans and directors of the several colleges and schools, were requested to study the present rules of probation and dropping students with the purpose of raising the level of scholastic achievement required of students to remain in the University. 4. Effective September 1, 1946, a selective system of admissions shall be in effect, as provided by the Board in the action of January 31, 1946.

LIMITATION ON ENROLLMENT AT T H E UNIVERSITY (2) T h e University Senate at a meeting on February 4, 1946, adopted the following statement of educational policy to apply if limitation on enrollment at the University be necessary: "It is the consensus of the Senate of the University of Illinois that, in the interest of sound educational policy, any necessary limitation on enrollment due to lack of housing or of other facilities should be designed to select those students with the greatest capacity for making use of the educational facilities of the University. With the exception of veterans who were unable to enter the University when these admission restrictions were not necessary, and -who may properly be admitted on a special selective basis suited to their greater maturity and experience, it is recommended that students be admitted only on evidence of scholarship and aptitude. "The Committee understands that a study of plans of admission to higher institutions has been started. T h e results of this study, together with a proposed revision o i admission requirements to the University, will he presented to t h e Senate at a later date."

This report was received for record.

BUDGET OF DIVISION OF STUDENT HOUSING (3) Due to the unexpected and unprecedented demands on the Division of Student Housing, funds budgeted for its operation for the current year are exhausted.