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Action taken by the Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board at a

meeting held on June 14, 1982, gives rise to the following motion:

MOTION: ?

That, commencing with the 1982 Fall Semester, the

Director of Admissions is charged with the review

and selection of applicants from the Range I and

II (2.0 - 2.49 CPA) categories of B.C. High School

students. Range II (2.0 - 2.24 CPA) applicants

must present strong supporting documentation before

serious consideration will be given. The Director

may call upon the Senate Undergraduate Admfssipns

Board to review some cases.

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If approved, these changes will amend the terms of reference

and procedures of SUAB, giving delegated powers to the Director of

Admissions to review and select in the above categories (see SUAB terms

of reference, Purpose b) and Procedure d) attached).

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SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOARD (SUAB)

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PURPOSE:

a)

To recommend to and receive from the Senate policy decisions on

undergraduate admissions, re-admissions, standing and credit

transfer and, where necessary, to provide general direction to

the interpretation of such policies.

b)

To review applications that are in the C to C+ range and those

that may be deficient or Involve special or extenuating circum-

stances.

PROCEDURES:

It is the general responsibility of the Registrar to apprise the

committee of areas in which policy needs to be formulated or of

circumstances which necessitate the review of existing policy.

Then, in line with the purpose above, there are three possible

procedures which the committee shall follow:

a) Recommendations to Senate: The Registrar will notify SUAB of

need for review or establishment of policy; SUAB will forward

recommendations to Secretary of Senate for inclusion on the agenda

of next meeting of Senate.

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b) Receive policy decisions from Senate: Senate will instruct the

Secretary of Senate to pass policy decisions to the SUAB,and the

SUAB will, where necessary, provide general direction to the

Registrar in the Interpretation of the policy. In cases where

Senate requests a recommendation from the SUAB, they will be handled

as in a).

c)

Interpretation of existing policy: The Registrar will inform SUAB

of the need for an interpretation of an existing policy. The inter-

pretation will be made and transmitted to the Registrar's Office.

d)

Applications In Range I and Range II will be Identified by the

Admissions Office and SUAB selection/review meetings will be called

by the Director of Admissions.

Applicants selected for admission by SUAB will be admitted as

regular students without condition. Applicants not selected in the

review process will have the right to file anappeal to the Senate

Appeals Board only if they are able to present additional information

(which was not available at the time of the SUAB decision) which is

relevant and consistent with the criteria used by SUAB.

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Date... .11TH. .URL...1982..............................

I have just completed a review of the academic status of

all high school students offered admission who placed in

the special 2.0 - 2.49 range, based on high school

grade point average. From the initial semester in 1980-3

through to 1982-1, we have offered admission to eighty-two

students. Of these, forty-eight actually registered at

SFU and their performance, based on current cumulative

grade point average, is attached. Of the remaining

students, thirty-two did not register, while two register-

ed and withdrew before completing any coursework.

This SUAB Review procedure was intended to allow a transi-

tion period for the new Secondary School requirements.

The new requirements have been in place for six semesters

and it is appropriate that we evaluate the advantages of

considering students with averages below 2.50.

The data shosthat these applicants result in a lower than

average yield and that the rate of academic success is

also low.

Options that we may elect are:--

A)

Continue to review all applicants in the 2.0-2.49

range.

B)

Review only those applicants with a grade point

average of 2.25 (Range I), or higher.

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Discontinue the review of Range I ano Range II

applicants.

0) Delegate responsibility

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Range I

and/or Range II applicants to the Director

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Admissions.

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