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Board to see new admissions policy

Plan would place more emphasis on potential students' test scores

Cougar News Staff

The UH System Board of Regents will vote Wednesday on a new freshman admissions policy for the University that would automatically admit the top 20 percent of high school graduates.

Under the proposed plan, the next 30 percent of graduates would be admitted if they have a minimum SAT score of 1000 and ACT score of 21. Applicants who do not meet this criteria may be individually reviewed based on socioeconomic background, leadership activities, family responsibilities and rigor of the high school curriculum.

If approved, the new policy will take effect in Fall 2006.

Also on the board's agenda is a proposal for UH to purchase a lot at 4378 Wheeler Ave., part of a long-term plan to buy all the property on the south side of Wheeler facing the campus.

The property has been appraised at $183,830 and $185,000. The University has already bought nine lots along Wheeler between Calhoun Road and Rockwood Drive.

If approved, the purchase will be financed by parking and transportation revenue.

The regents will also vote on two degree plan proposals for UH System universities: a bachelor of arts in philosophy at UH-Downtown and a doctoral degree in educational leadership at UH-Clear Lake.

The program at UHCL would be that university's first doctoral program. UHCL expects 75 students to enroll in the program in its first five years, with costs for that period totaling about $3.6 million.

At UHD, the five new philosophy courses required would be taught by existing professors.

The regents will meet at 9 a.m. in UHCL's Bayou Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd.
 

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