COMMITTEE: Admissions & Recruitment

MEETING DATE: March 1, 1999

PERSON PRESIDING: John Cope

ACTIONS OF THE MEETING:
The University Admissions and Recruitment Committee met 
on March 1, 1999. The meeting included the following items 
of business:

1. The minutes of the February 1, 1999 meeting were 
approved.

2. A discussion of the new resolution draft concerning 
international students was discussed. A motion was put forth 
by Tovey to approve the resolution and pass it through the 
channels beginning with the March 30, 1999 Faculty Senate 
meeting.  The motion was seconded by Gulati, and passed 
by the committee. Cope will represent the resolution, and it 
was suggested by Lee that James Van Fleet (International 
Affairs Office) attend the Senate meeting and request 
Speaking privileges.

3. Guest Brenda Killingsworth from the Faculty Assembly 
was introduced. She announced that the Faculty Senate has 
requested a report to be delivered early fall 1999 relative to 
this committee's concerns regarding the projected sharp rise 
in enrollment in the next six years. Specifically, her charge to 
the committee suggested we ask questions of the Faculty 
Senate regarding tasks necessary of the committee to
address projected enrollment concerns, strategies of 
recruiting students, etc.  Discussion on the topic addressed 
the following concerns:

A. Chairman Cope reminded Killingsworth of the lateness of 
her request, as there is only one more committee meeting 
scheduled this academic year.

B. A report of projected enrollment will be requested of Bob 
Thompson for committee members.

C. A question was posed concerning whether or not the 
university had an actual plan in place to address the 
anticipated growth.

D. Strategies to recruit students within 2 hours of campus 
was a concern, as enrollment figures dictate expected 
incoming students live west of highway 95, and out of our 
current 2 hour attraction radius. The projected enrollment
does not include Distance Education enrollment.

E. The concern of maintaining (or raising) the standards and 
quality of education with the growth of students was noted. It 
was discussed that rising GPAs may drive some students 
away; and that distributions of GPAs should be addressed
when looking into admissions criteria for a given class.

F. Discussions relative to increasing faculty, staff, GAs, 
section offerings and new program offerings were a concern.

G. Resources available to address the increase including 
those to assist to quality of student learning

H. R. Shoffner expressed student concerns relative to 
current building and parking stresses. Greenville (per capita) 
has an extremely large traffic problem currently, and how will 
the city handle 1.5 times more students and their cars? This 
pointed out concerns of whether or not the city has a plan for
growth that would coincide with the university's anticipated 
growth.

I. B. Killingsworth asked the committee to let her know if we 
Needed assistance/reports from outside 
committees/agencies to assist us in our charge.

J. A question was posed concerning how reflective of 
local/state demographics is the enrollment projection? 
Perhaps Greenville's City Planner might assist with the 
answer.

K. It was anticipated that the year of 2008 will be the peak 
year for influx of students.

L. Recruiting issues concerning minorities and large families 
were discussed. Aggressive recruiting strategies were 
deemed necessary to attract such populations.

M. This committee may act as a conduit for outside agencies 
or concerns. We are encouraged, however, by Killingsworth 
to check with the Vice Chancellor prior to inviting guests 
speakers to sound out on this issue.

N. Cope suggested we make sure we have information from 
concerned agencies prior to making a stand on any issues.

O. Killingsworth pledged her committee's assistance on 
completing our charge.

4. Chairman Cope announced that the next scheduled 
meeting (April 5, 1999) will be a working meeting, as the 
committee's annual report will be finalized at that time.

NEXT MEETING: APRIL 5,1999

Respectfully submitted,

Katie Walsh