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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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rollment control than there is currently. Additional students may be served because the current control on such students is by severely limited admissions. Official restrictions to nondegree status and the establishment of a part-time enrollment category will allow' the campus to assure priority in service to the degree student while still offering services to nondegree students on a space-available basis.

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Unclassified status and graduate unassigned status shall be terminated and replaced with "nondegree" status. This nondegree enrollment category will be subject to admission, college, course enrollment, and registration restrictions to assure the continuing campus priority and preference for the degree category student. Such restrictions will vary depending on campus and college resources and course availability. Specific academic-year regulations will be established on a campuswide basis, available from the Office of Admissions and Records and published in the Code on Campus Affairs and Regulations Applying to All Students.

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An official part-time enrollment status shall be instituted. Part-time enrollment regulations will be established on a campuswide basis to assure the continuing priority of the full-time degree student, to indicate the admission opportunities for the potential degree applicant limited to part-time enrollment, and to set enrollment restrictions on particular groups of students such as those on nondegree status. Such regulations will be available from the Office of Admissions and Records and published in the Code on Campus Affairs and Regulations Applying to All Students. These changes make it advisable to identify clearly and differentiate degree/ nondegree students; currently, students with a baccalaureate degree enrolled in an undergraduate college are enrolled as irregular status students. This status is either degree or nondegree at the discretion of the college of enrollment and is not recorded as degree or nondegree status in any central records. To allow clear recognition of the degree versus the nondegree students, it is recommended that irregular status be changed to "second bachelor's degree" status and limited to degree-seeking students. T o assure priority for students seeking their first bachelor's degree, restrictions on admissions to second bachelor's degree will be established on a campuswide basis. Such restrictions will be available from the Office of Admissions and Records and published in the Code on Campus Affairs and Regulations Applying to All Students. In clarification, a student with a bachelor's degree seeking enrollment with intent other than a second bachelor's or a graduate degree would seek enrollment as a nondegree student at the undergraduate or graduate level, as appropriate to obtain his course objectives. "Summer session only" (a nondegree status) is recommended for all enrollment levels. Summer session only nondegree enrollment is currently available at the undergraduate level in the summer session only college. This structure should be continued for all nondegree undergraduates during the summer session. Nondegree summer session only status at the graduate level should remain within the control of the Graduate College and can be easily incorporated into current administrative structure as the new definition of curriculum unassigned. While not appropriate for professional college enrollment at the current time, this structure should fulfill their possible needs if their role in the continuing education for participating professionals it expanded.