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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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Whereas, the Board of Trustees has approved the sale of such stock rights in its meeting of this date, Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois that Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, and H . E. Cunningham, Secretary, be authorized to execute any and all such documents necessary to complete such sale.

On motion of Dr. Meyer, this resolution was adopted as recommended.

PROGRESSIVE ADMISSIONS PLAN (22) Studies have been made by faculty committees and the other educational and administrative officers concerned to devise ways for utilizing the University's capacities most effectively in the admission of new students in all divisions. The aim of the officers concerned was to admit all qualified students if any way could be found to achieve this goal, and if not, to suggest a progressive plan of admissions whereby the facilities of the University will be used to best advantage by the students most qualified to use them. The purpose of the plan is not to deny admission to any student. On the contrary, the purpose of the plan is to control admission so that all students will have the best possible chance to enter. The University has a first obligation to those students now enrolled and in good standing in the colleges at Urbana-Champaign, in the undergraduate divisions in Chicago, and at Galesburg who are ready to transfer to Urbana, and to those enrolled in the University Extension Centers established by thirty-one high schools last year at the request of the University. It also has an obligation to accept former students in good standing who desire to continue their education. All these groups have stronger claims and higher priorities than new students who have not been previously enrolled. Consequently, the approach to this problem has been to establish the maximum capacities in all divisions, estimating the number of students to whom the University is already committed for 1947-1948, and thus to determine the number of new students who may be admitted. The capacities and the number of new students who may be admitted are estimated as follows: » • , , , • . Number of new students who can be admitted Capacities in 1947-1948 Urbana-Champaign 18 500 5 400 Undergraduate Divisions: Chicago 4 000 1 300 Galesburg 2 000 1 400 1 Chicago Professional Colleges I 500 26 000 8 100 It has also been determined how the present capacities and facilities for new students can be used most effectively by the several colleges and schools at UrbanaChampaign. Subject to the capacities established and to changes in these capacities resulting from student choices for programs of study within each division, every effort will be made to accommodate all qualified students who desire to enroll, but it must be recognized that the demand could easily exceed the facilities available. Hence, the following progressive admissions plan has been adopted, and the Registrar has been authorized to admit new students to the University of Illinois for the first semester of 1947-1948 in accordance with the schedule indicated below: A. Period I, up to June 15, 1947 1. Veterans (whether entering as freshmen or as transfer students) who are residents of Illinois and who are eligible for admission under the present entrance requirements. 2. New freshmen — nonveterans who are residents of Illinois and who rank in the upper twenty-five per cent of their high school graduating class. 3. Transfer students — nonveterans who are residents of Illinois with not less than a 3.5 average in their college work in terms of the grading system of the University of Illinois. 1 The Chicago Professional Colleges (Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy) with a total capacity of 1,500 are not included in this new admissions plan. The present admissions procedures, especially established for those colleges, will continue in effect.