COMMITTEE:   Admissions and Recruitment

MEETING DATE:    11/3/97

PERSON PRESIDING:  John Cope

ACTIONS OF MEETING:

Description of action:  
John Cope noted the lack of a quorum and said that we would 
do what we could before adjourning.

Description of action:
Minutes of 8/25/97 approved.

Description of action:
Cope asked Powell to report on the breakdown of the 
Freshman class.  Powell said that his report is in the Faculty 
Senate minutes of Oct. 14, but he summarized the important 
points.   Freshman enrollment is 2,934, the largest that it's ever 
been at East Carolina; the average combined SAT is 1015; and 
the average high school GPA is 3.209.  Although the SAT is 
stagnant from last year's score, it is still very high, considering 
that we have a larger class this year.  This is the best 
Freshman class at ECU, based on average high school GPA 
and SAT scores.  Discussion continued on the proportion of out 
of state students and the 18% cap mandated by the General 
Administration, as well as the potential difficulty of competing 
for students with other universities when we attain Doctoral II 
status and tuition fees increase.  

Description of action:
Cope noted that Memorandum no. 373, which pertains to 
distance learning, is actually no. 372, which we will discuss at 
the next meeting.

NEXT MEETING:    December 1, 1997     3:00 p.m.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:	
Board of Governors' activities in relation to transfer of credit 
between institutions.

UNC Administrative Memorandum no. 372, pertaining to 
distance learning courses.

Michael Cotter, Secretary