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WHEREAS Senate strongly endorses the principle of freest possible inter-

change of students between post-secondary education institutions, and;

WHEREAS there is evidence of inequalities in the application of existing

regulations on admissions and;

WHEREAS there are allegations that non-academic criteria have been

applied in admissions.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT

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1. All students from the provincial post-secondary education

institutions be admitted to Simon Fraser University upon

completion of a semester/year with a Grade Point Average of

2.0 or its equivalent.

2.

Transfer credits will be, at the discretion of the department

concerned

and

Senate, acceptable for advanced standing in all

departments, subject to full consideration of representation

by the student transfering.

3.

Non-academic criteria not be applied to refuse admission to

any applicant.

4.

Equivalent academic criteria be applied for all applicants

except for out-of-province applicants in which case no

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criteria be applied that are higher than those applied by the

University of British Columbia.

5.

The maximum transfer credit be 90 semester hours.

6.

Senate abolish the Senate Sub-committee on Undergraduate

Admissions.

7.

Senate establish a new Admissions Board composed of three

students to be identified by the S. F. S. S. and three

faculty identified at large by Joint Faculty.

8.

The Admissions Board be responsible to Senate but that

Senate agree to ratify all unanimous decisions of the

Board.

9.

The Board formulate, publish and oversee the application

entrance criteria within the guidelines established in

this Motion.

10.

New entrance regulations be retro-active.

E. Gibson

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