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Show Proposed adinrDDtttiaimce polliicif to redirect ffrosEn Utahs Board of Regents are considering restricting admissions , which would redirect many students BY DENNIS FREIRE of The Thunderbird Staff The face of Utah higher education may be altering over the next several years as the Board of Regents considers a statewide admissions policy change for its universities. D. Mark Barton, director of admissions and records at SUU, said that the impetus for the proposed modifications is the disproportionately large number of students at the states four-yeschools in Utah State general and at the research institutions and the University of Utah in particular. According to Mark Spencer of the Board of Regents academic affairs department, an access committee will begin a series of meetings in the near ar y 86TH YEAR; NUMBER 3 voters urged to make their mark. SU SU USA's Peter Johnson calls on students to vote in upcoming city elections. SEE PAGE 7. runner to befriend nemesis. T-Di- rd Heather Witney may soon be tickling the old ivories that once made her run. SEE PAGE 15. to discuss tightening admissions standards. four-yeschools accept students on an open admissions basis. Barton said, Open admissions is not a guarantee that students will get into classes; it really amounts to a first come first serve type of policy. Barton said that by putting some teeth into the admissions policy, the state is not trying to limit enrollment growth. On the contrary, the goal is to redistribute the student population, to give incentives schools or to smaller to go to the outstanding two-yeuniversities like SUU, Barton said. Even with stiffer criteria for entrance to SUU, according to the Registrars Office, the typical SUU freshman would still make it in. The average incoming first-yecoed future Currently this states public " r ar ar to junior colleges an ACT score of 20, numbers that align with the grades and boards of new students at the much larger USU and the U of U. Although the demographics of this school may remain largely unaltered by an admission policy change, it is inevitable that there will be those students who will not be able to gain acceptance. In such cases, it may be an advantage to these students to attend a community college, take preparatory courses and earn an associate degree before entering a said Barton. Proponents of tighter admissions standards cite th. left high school with a 3.2 GPA and ar (CONTINUED ON PAGE 9) t SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY CEDAR CITY, UTAH MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1991 |