Admissions and Recruitment Committee Meeting Date: 10/7/96 Description of Action Approval of Meetings from August 26, 1996. Meetings were approved by the committee. Description of Action Report on Summer Program for Rising Seniors was canceled due to Dot Muller's absence. Description of Action Admission standards for Home Schooled Students John Cope introduced the letter from Thomas Powell, and discussed some specific statistics from the North Carolina division of non public education - David Mills, at NCDNPE noted that there are over 8175 families statewide and over 13000 students are involved in home schooling. Pitt County has 89 families involved in home schooling. John noted that Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte all have home schooling admissions standards. Tom Powell - from admissions discussed the background behind the home schooling issue. There are small numbers of home schooled students, and currently we rely on SAT scores as an indicator. GA received feedback which said that home schooled students were not be evaluated properly, and they asked ECU was asked by GA to develop a standard policy: MAR standards should be kept, but we need a way to evaluate home schooled students which are exclusive of high school transcripts. SAT II provides a good standard, but people object to the money involved. Admissions suggested in a letter to the committee that we use the SAT 1 verbal and math as a measure of verbal and quantitative proficiency. SAT II tests in natural and social sciences would be used to measure the science and social studies skills. Total score in the 4 tests would need to exceed 2000 points. ACT scores could be used as well. Howard Barnes suggested that state standardized tests could be used as a standard. Dawn Clark suggested that a portfolio component be added for admission consideration. Portfolios are difficult to evaluate, and may also cause problems in evaluating traditional and home schooled students. To minimize potential problems with admissions disparity, Mead suggested that SAT I scores for home school students meet the minimum standards set for traditional students by the university. Description of Action Motion was made that John Cope draft a letter of resolution which outlines the Admission Committee's recommendations on home schooling admissions. This letter will be sent in turn to the faculty senate for approval on November 5. Letter will need to be in the Faculty senate's office by October 22. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Next Meeting: November 4th 1996 at 3:00 pm. Agenda Items: Home Schooling Issue, Summer Scholar Program.