COMMITTEE:  Admissions and Recruitment

MEETING DATE:	April 3, 2000

PERSON PRESIDING:	Louis Warren

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Cotter, Walsh, 
Warren, Waters

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Denny (for 
Sessoms), McDiarmid, Morrison, Muller

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  None

ACTIONS OF MEETING

Description of action:  
Additions/Deletions to the agenda.  Warren: Delete report on 
CIPRIS project; McDiarmid's information at March meeting was 
sufficient.  Cotter: Postpone approval of March minutes until 
next meeting; he had not sent them out.

 Completion date/Follow-up action required:
March minutes will need to be approved in the first meeting, 
Fall semester 2000


Description of action:
Discussion of annual report 1999-2000. Cotter noted that the 
date of 4/4/00 in the last sentence on the first page should read 
4/3/00.  Discussion of item 4, Accomplishments during the 
year.  "Identified obstacles to recruitment."  Committee decided 
to specify need for additional scholarships, geographic location 
of ECU, and, for international students, need for additional 
financial aid and a foreign language program.  Under 
"Identified ways to increase enrollment," committee decided to 
specify offering adequate scholarships, distance education 
programs,  and finding ways to market our programs that are 
under-enrolled.   The committee agreed to add "Heard reports 
from Institutional Advancement and International Affairs 
representatives."  It was noted that Walsh and Warren 
represented this committee on Scholarship Weekend. 

Walsh moved to accept the report; Cotter seconded.  All in 
favor.  Motion carried.


Description of action:
Report on Scholarship Weekend.  Warren, Walsh, 
and Muller attended the program.  Warren 
complimented Powell on the wonderful job of 
organizing the weekend.  He was very impressed 
by the quality of students who attended.  Parents, 
students, and scholarship donors attended.  About 
35 students attended; about $690,000 in 
scholarships were awarded, plus four students 
were awarded early acceptance to the Medical 
School.  Twenty-one students were high school 
valedictorians.  No one received less than a 
$2,500/year award. 


Description of action:
Update on international students resolution.  Warren said that 
at the March 6 committee meeting, we decided to table the 
proposal until next year.  The Senate had asked last year for 
financial information, which Gary Lowe obtained for them (with 
copies to the committee).  Morrison reported that the Agenda 
Committee presented the information at the March Senate 
meeting.   Muller asked if, in that case, we shouldn't get on the 
agenda for the next Senate meeting?  Morrison replied that we 
should wait until fall, as the agenda for the next meeting will be 
tight.

Additional discussion about the financial information:  
McDiarmid said that international students are eligible to 
receive money from the Rivers fund, but that they are not 
eligible for merit scholarships.  They have to apply each 
semester for the Rivers scholarship. McDiarmid is concerned 
that in all the discussion about the Rivers money, people 
overlook the fact that it has nothing to do with recruitment and 
admission of international students.  The Rivers money is not 
available to freshmen.  Also, Linda McGowan is responsible for 
the Rivers scholarships.  Muller suggested that the committee 
invite McGowan to a meeting in the fall. 


NEXT MEETING:	Fall, 2000

Michael Cotter, Secretary