COMMITTEE:		Admissions and Recruitment

MEETING DATE:	Dec. 7, 1998

PERSON PRESIDING:	John Cope

ACTIONS OF MEETING
Description of action:
Minutes of November 2, 1998 approved.

Description of action:
Introduction of SGA representative, Robert L. Shoffner.

Description of action:
Discussion of subcommittee resolution on recruitment and admissions 
of international students.  Cope recommended that James Van Fleet 
should receive a copy of the draft resolution, if he hasn't already 
received one.   Questions raised about the Resolved section:  Where 
should the money come from for providing additional resources; what 
type of training should the existing office recruitment staff  receive; and 
if Van Fleet had any comments on the draft resolution.  

Lowe said that ECU needs to make itself known to various 
organizations that are conduits for recruiting international students and 
to support the International Programs office.  The hard part is to 
evaluate credentials of students who apply.  Walsh said that the 
resolution should mention that the university strategic plan includes the 
diversity aspect of the student body.  Cope asked if we should mention 
the tuition waiver, since it applies mostly to graduate students; the 
focus of this committee is the undergraduates.  Walsh said that some 
athletic scholarships are for undergraduates.  Rivers scholarships are 
also for undergraduates.  The consensus of the committee was that 
most of the concern about tuition waivers is for graduate students, 
therefore are out of scope for this resolution.

Cope recommended that we remove the word "graduate" from no. 3 of 
the Resolved.   Lowe said that international students are supposed to 
have adequate financial support upon enrollment at ECU.  

Cope suggested that we invite Van Fleet to the next meeting to discuss 
the resolution before it goes to the Faculty Senate. Muller suggested 
that the committee meet at the International Programs office.  Lowe 
said that introduction of this resolution in the Faculty Senate is 
important in order to get the issue of international students onto the 
table.  Muller asked if the International Programs office could establish 
contact with the agencies that are conduits  for international students.  
Lowe said that it is a matter of how active do you want to represent 
yourself; it's important to establish a balance between building a base 
for recruiting here and being active out there.

Cope asked what reasons there might be for opposing international 
recruitment. Suggestions included ethnocentrism, nativism, and the 
18% cap on out-of-state students.  Walsh asked if the International 
Programs office had a Web site.  Cotter replied that they did, but that it 
was mostly for ECU students seeking information on exchange or 
study abroad programs.   Cope noted that last year we had discussed 
adding a representative from the International Programs office to this 
committee.  Lee said that we would have to seek approval from the 
Committee on Committees.  Cope thought that we could ask Van Fleet 
informally to attend the next three remaining committee meetings.

Follow-up action required:
The resolution will be returned to the subcommittee to incorporate 
comments made today.  Cope and the subcommittee will seek to meet 
with Van Fleet to seek his input to the resolution. The committee will 
contact Van Fleet to arrange for the February 1 meeting of the 
committee at the International Programs office.

Description of action:
Muller noted that the Board of Trustees was looking at enrollment 
projections this week   Would it have an effect on the work of this 
committee?   Clayton said that some reports and analyses have been 
prepared for the meeting that cover various aspects.  Some examples 
he mentioned were that the projection of a student body of 25,000 by 
2010 would mean an entering freshman class of 4,100; would we be 
able to handle that many students?  Also, he noted that projections for 
growth in North Carolina are for Raleigh and the west, but that the 
population of eastern North Carolina is in decline.  National studies 
have shown that most students prefer to enroll at colleges that are 
within a two hour drive from their homes.  The 18% cap on  out-of-
state students applies only to  first-semester entering freshmen.  He said 
that about 12-14% percent of students now are from out of state.

Description of action:
Cope expressed his thanks to the subcommittee.

NEXT MEETING:	February 1, 1999

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:
Resolution on recruitment of international students.

Michael Cotter, Secretary