SFA admission standards will be higher for new students in fall '12
By: John Covington
Issue date: 2/4/10 Section: News
Beginning in the fall of 2012, prospective SFA students will find admissions requirements a little more daunting. SFA Board of Regents finalized and approved an increase in admissions standards at its Monday, Jan. 25, meeting.
The increase in admissions requirements was first brought up when President Baker Pattillo appointed a committee last March, consisting of faculty and staff, to both study the current standards and make recommendations to improve standards.
"It is our belief that raising the admissions standards will have a significant impact on the quality of students we attract to our university, as well as help us meet our long-term goals of increased enrollment and retention of students," Dr. Richard Berry, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said according to media reports.
After the committee's report was submitted in September, it spent several months under consideration by the administration. The board approved the increase in standards but provided no official word on what the increase would entail.
"This increase in admissions standards is significant, but it's not extreme. It places us with or slightly higher than most universities that we think of as comparable regional universities," Berry told the Daily Sentinel.
To allow prospective students time to become more familiar with the new standards, the increase will be put into effect in two and a half years.
Also on the board's agenda was the approval of the Chemistry Building's expanded renovations, with the budget for the project jumping from $6 million to $7.35 million.
The increase in admissions requirements was first brought up when President Baker Pattillo appointed a committee last March, consisting of faculty and staff, to both study the current standards and make recommendations to improve standards.
"It is our belief that raising the admissions standards will have a significant impact on the quality of students we attract to our university, as well as help us meet our long-term goals of increased enrollment and retention of students," Dr. Richard Berry, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said according to media reports.
After the committee's report was submitted in September, it spent several months under consideration by the administration. The board approved the increase in standards but provided no official word on what the increase would entail.
"This increase in admissions standards is significant, but it's not extreme. It places us with or slightly higher than most universities that we think of as comparable regional universities," Berry told the Daily Sentinel.
To allow prospective students time to become more familiar with the new standards, the increase will be put into effect in two and a half years.
Also on the board's agenda was the approval of the Chemistry Building's expanded renovations, with the budget for the project jumping from $6 million to $7.35 million.
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