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SECRETARY OF SENATE

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GENERAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS .BOARD

Date 23rd OCTOBER, 1970

At a recent meeting of the Senate Undergraduate Admissions

Board, the attached paper on "General Admission Require-

ments" (Paper SUAB 3) was discussed. The motion in this

paper, amended so that the figures read 60.0% and 65.0%,

was carried by a vote of 4 to 1.

Senate is, therefore, asked to approve the following

motion:--

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That the admission requirement for in-province

students be

60.0% (2.0)

and for out-of-province

students be 65.0% (2.4).

This requirement

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should be written in to all policies, and the

phrase 'where staff and facilities permit'

should be removed.

It

The rationale for this motion is provided in Paper SUAB 3.

The following extract from the minutes of the Senate Under-

graduate Admissions Board gives some additional informa-

tion:--

4. GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS - PAPER SUAB 3

Moved by D. Meakin, seconded by C. Basham,

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That SUAB recommend to Senate that the Admission

requirement for in-province students be 60% (2.0)

and for out-of-province students be 65% (2.4).

This requirement should be written into all

admission policies, and the phrase 'where staff

and facilities permit' should be removed.

It

Considerable discussion followed, mainly on the follow-

ing points --

- whether this would mean a lower admission require-

ment than UBC

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- whether preference to B.C. students should be on

basis of a lower average or lower fees

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that the figures in the motion should be 60.0 and

65.0%.

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D. Meakin explained that UBC no longer has a specified

average which would guarantee admission, but operates

on a quota system. He also mentioned that the higher

average required for out-of-province students gives

priority to B.C. students as required by the Ellis

Report, but also helps to ensure that we are not

accepting students unacceptable to universities in

their home province.

Question was called and a vote taken

MOTION CARRIED

4 in favour

1 opposed

Attachment: SUAB 3

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SUAB3

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GENE

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RAT, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

When the new admissions policies recommended by the Ellis

Report were adopted, the University was facing potentially

severe space problems. As a result:, Senate approved two

different admission levels for each policy. More specifi-

cally, the following requirements were adopted:--

Applicants from British Columbia: an average of

65%

is

required, but an applicant with an average between 60 and

65% will be admitted if staff and facilities permit.

Applicants from outside British Columbia: an average of

70% is required, but an applicant with an arcrage between

65 and 70% will he admitted if staff and facilities permit.

To the present time, it has not been necessary to restrict

enrolment, and the lower figure has been used in processing

all applications. It does not appear likely that enrol-

ment restrictions will be necessary in the near future. It

is,

therefore, recommended that we revert to a single set

of admission levels (60% for in-province, and 65% for

out-of-province apl)licalits). The rationale for this follows:

i)

The two different levels, with the conditional

statements, increase the complexity of the

admission policies and have caused confusion to

applicants, tcachcr- and counsellors.

ii)

It is unlikely that any enrolment: restrictions will

be needed in the near future. If and when restric-

tions are necessary, these should he made selectively

and he consistent with any philosophy the University

may have in regard to out-of--province students

foreign students, etc.

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iii)

Although the potential for restriction has been

provided for, no

clear rcsponsihil:Lty has been

assigned for deciding when restrictions are

necessary. Change to a single set of levels will

ensure that Senate has an opportunity of discus-

sing enrolment restrictions.

iv)

There is some evidence that some students in the

discretional range have not applied because of

the common belief that all B. C. universities are

now operating with a 65% lower, limit.

MOTION:

" That SUAB recommend to Senate that the admission

requirement for in-province students be 60% (2.0)

and for out-of-province students be 65% (2.4).

This requirement should be written into all

admission policies, and the ])lltase "where staff

and facilities permit" should be removed.

Dr. ]). Neakin,

Director of Admissions.

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