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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
Roger Blackman, Chair
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
Subject:
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CRUA 2003 Report
(SCUS Reference 04-14)
Date: ?
July 19, 2004
For Information:
The Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its meeting of July 13, 2004
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reviewed the report to Senate from the Committee to Review University Admissions
(CRUA) for the 2003 Academic Year.
The report is being submitted to Senate for information.
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SCUS 04- 14
Simon Fraser University
Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic
MEMORANDUM
TO:
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Roger Blackman,
SCUS
Jon Driver,
SGSC
RE:
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2003 CRUA Year-End Report
FROM: Bill Krane,
Associate Vice President,
Academic
DATE: June 7, 2004
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Attached is the Report to Senate from the Committee to Review University
Admissions (CRUA) for the 2003 calendar year.
Please include on the Senate agenda for information.
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cc: ?
Alison Watt, University Secretariat
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Report to Senate from the?
Committee to Review University Admissions
2003 Calendar Year
The Committee to Review University Admissions (CRUA) reviews appeals from both
graduate and undergraduate applicants who feel aggrieved by the decision of the
University to apply a particular admission, readmission or transfer credit policy in his or
her specific case when special circumstances are present. An individual who wishes to
appeal must submit the appeal in writing, specifying the special circumstances to be
considered. All appellants have the option of appearing for an in-person hearing at a
CRUA meeting or of having a representative appear on their behalf. In 2003 seven
meetings were held: two for Spring, one for Summer, and four for Fall.
In the 2003 calendar year a total of 38 appeals were heard, 10 were sustained, 27 were
denied and 1 was referred back to the academic department and the Dean of Graduate
Studies. This is an increase of 8 (26%) appeals from 2002 and a decrease of 19 (33%)
from 2001. In 2002 there was a decrease in the number of new admissions to
undergraduate studies and a corresponding decrease in the number of appeals heard by
CRUA. Students required higher grade point averages to enter and received final denial
notices earlier allowing them more time to make other arrangements. Admission
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averages were also high in 2003.
The table below reports the number of appeals received and the outcomes for Spring
2000 to Fall 2003. The second table, attached, reports the current academic standings of
those appellants admitted by CRUA. In certain circumstances CRUA may deny a student
but give conditions under which a student may be admitted to a future semester. The
attached tables reflect decisions made at the hearings and do not include subsequent
admissions of students based on criteria set by CRUA.
2000
2001
2002
2003
Sustain Denied
Total
Sustain
Denied
Total
Sustain Denied
Total
Sustain Denied
Total
Spring
2
13
15
5
10
15
2
3
5
3
6
9
Summer
5
21
26
3
3
6
0
4
4
0
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4
Fall
11
37
48
10
26
36
5
16
21
7
18
25
Total
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71
89
18
39
57
7
23
30
10
28
38
*includes 1 appeal referred to the Dean of Graduate Studies
Submitted by Charlotte French submitted April 2004
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