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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Pharmacy, high school scholarship rank, letters of recommendation, especially from high school teachers, health records, aptitude tests, and such special examinations as may be determined by the Committee. A personal interview is desired whenever possible. T h e provisions relative to Selection of Applicants as given above are already in effect, having been approved previously by the Board of Trustees for all the Chicago divisions (Minutes, February 14, 1942, page 778). T h e major change suggested by these new requirements is that all applicants irrespective of rank in their high school class shall be considered by the Committee on the basis of the criteria indicated in this paragraph, and that these criteria shall replace the former requirement that an applicant must rank in the upper 60 per cent of his high school class. (This requirement was removed for the class entering in January, 1045, only by recent action of the University Senate and the Board of Trustees—Minutes, December 12, 1944, page 322.) It is the judgment of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy that the proposed method of selection, which will include giving a battery of tests to all applicants before selection is made by the Committee, will furnish a better means of choosing the best qualified applicants than does the use of rank in high school class as a partial selective process. I concur.

The Provost commented on this matter. On motion of Mr. Nickell, the requirements for admission to the School of Pharmacy were amended as recommended.

A D J U S T M E N T S IN SUMMER TERM F E E S (8) The tuition fee charged residents of Illinois is $40 a semester, or sixteenweek term, including the summer term. The latter is divided into two eight-week terms. Many students enroll for only eight weeks or fewer. Before the University began operating on three terms a year, the summer term consisted of eight weeks. The tuition fee for undergraduate students was $25 for residents and $50 for nonresidents of Illinois. No adjustment was made in fees for a part-time schedule except that undergraduate students who enrolled for only one course and not over three semester hours, and graduate students who enrolled for not more than three-fourths unit of work, were charged tuition fees of $10 for residents and $20 for nonresidents of Illinois. However, no student could register for two or more courses, regardless of the amount of credit, without paying the full tuition fee. I recommend that the Board authorize the following adjustment in the present fee schedules: Tuition Fees for Eight Weeks or Less of Instruction.—Each student not holding a scholarship pays a tuition fee of $25 if a resident of Illinois, or $50 if a nonresident. Any student who registers in undergraduate courses totaling four semester hours or less, pays $3 a credit hour if a resident of Illinois, or $6 a credit hour if a nonresident instead of the usual fee for eight weeks of instruction. A graduate student who registers for one unit or less pays $12 a unit if a resident of Illinois or $24 a unit if a nonresident instead of the usual fee for eight weeks of instruction. This is in line with and is, in effect, an interpretation of previous actions of the Board of Trustees. I further recommend a corresponding adjustment in the special fees charged in Applied Music Courses: Special Fee in Applied Music Courses.—Students registering for courses in applied music (voice, piano, violin, violoncello, organ, or band instruments) pay special fees as follows: Those who are enrolled in curricula in the School of Music pay $12.50 for eight weeks of instruction, or $25 for sixteen weeks of instruction. Those who are enrolled in other curricula of the University pay $12.50 for each semester hour of credit for which they are registered in applied music.

On motion of Mr. Williamson, these fees were approved as recommended.