S88-7 CONDITIONAL ADMISSIONS

Legislative History:

Document dated April 14, 1988.

At its meeting of April 4, 1988, the Academic Senate approved the following Policy Recommendation presented by Ruth Yaffe for the Curriculum Committee.

ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved and accepted as University Policy effective for the Fall, 1988 admission of students." Signed: Gail Fullerton, April 14, 1988.

POLICY ON CONDITIONAL ADMISSIONS

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Effective Fall, 1988, and continuing through at least 1992, CSU campuses will admit many students "conditionally". This applies to new freshmen who have attained a qualifying Eligibility Index (GPA/SAT combination), but failed to complete one or more of 15 specific high school course requirements. How many courses may be left incomplete, and still warrant conditional admission rather than rejection, will be established annually by the CSU. SJSU can expect between 700 and 1100 conditional admits in 1988, depending upon the final CSU decision on how many courses may remain unfinished.

Whereas, SJSU needs procedures for clearing the conditions of admission for students admitted in Fall, 1988, therefore be it

Resolved, that the following limit be established:

Conditionally admitted students must clear deficiencies in college preparatory subjects by the point at which they have completed 36 units at San Jose State University; failure to clear all conditions makes the student subject to administrative disqualification.

Students are allowed up to 36 SJSU units of any kind, baccalaureate and nonbaccalaureate combined, with the understanding that units accumulated at Community Colleges may be used to clear conditions and will not count against the SJSU 36 unit total. (Students who require SJSU pre-baccalaureate work will be required to count such units against the 36 unit total).

And be it further

Resolved that the following course pattern for clearing conditions be adopted:

Missing Requirement from High School: SJSU Course(s) to Clear

4 years of English: English 1A

3 years of Mathematics: Intermediate Algebra or Any GE Quantitative Reasoning course

1 year Laboratory Science: Any GE Science course with a lab, or any introductory science major course with a lab (e.g., Chem. 1A)

1 year U.S. History or History/Govt.: SJSU graduation requirement (in U.S. History and Government (usually two courses)

2 years Foreign Language: Completion of the second semester of an elementary foreign language course (based on CSU formula of one year of high school language equal to one semester of college)

1 year Visual/Performing Arts: Any GE course approved as "Arts"

3 years of approved electives: Any GE course not used to meet another condition (one course to clear each year of missing elective)

Students may use Community College courses to clear conditions. SJSU will accept the Community College categorization of such courses, just as it does now (by CSU mandate) in General Education.

And be it finally

Resolved, that the following conditions apply to Specially Admitted students:

Some students will be admitted both conditionally and without a qualifying Eligibility Index. For these students the courses required to clear conditions are as previously stated, but the limits are as follows:

Disadvantaged Special Admits (EOP): 59 baccalaureate credit units.

Non-disadvantaged Special Admits: Maximum of 59 baccalaureate credit units, with a lesser number set as appropriate by the Special Admissions Committee at the point of admission.

The addition of "baccalaureate" recognizes that many of these specially admitted students will have to precede such condition-clearing courses as English 1A with one or more semesters of pre-baccalaureate work, and that they should not by very nature of their special admission status be expected to move as rapidly to clear conditions as those students who were fully admissible.