Thursday, April 29, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Regents still undecided about admissions policy
By Duane Rctzlaff
Although the NU Board of Regents
voted unanimously at its March 27 meeting
to liave plans for a stricter admissions
policy drawn up for consideration at their
May 15 meeting, there seems to be little
agreement as to what policy, if any, will be
accepted.
"The problem isn't that simple," said
Regent Edward Schwartzkopf of Lincoln,
adding that anything as important as
admissions to the university should be
studied very carefully.
"I don't think we really consulted the
NU faculty - they ought to have consider
able input," he said, adding that people in
the admissions department should also be
consulted.
Schwartzkopf said he favors no change
in the university's open admissions policy
because there has been no evidence to in
dicate a more selective policy is needed.
"Arbitrary standards (adopted by the
university) really don't solve very much,
and will not increase the quality of the uni
versity," Schwartzkopf said.
Other actions would be more effective,
he said, such as trying to reduce the uni
versity's attrition rate.
In addition, the quality of high school
education needs to be consistent across the
state, he said.
Schwartzkopf said the university holds
principal-student conferences each year to
find which high schools can do better to
prepare their students for college.
Regent Kermit Wagner of Schuyler also
favored no change in the current admis
sions policy.
Everyone should at least be given the
opportunity to attend the university,
especially since NU, a land-grant institut
ion, is the only university in the state, he
said.
"The university has no business telling
high schools what they can teach," Wagner
said, adding that any changes on the high
school level should be made by the high
schools themselves.
Wagner suggested that charging more for
remedial courses at the university would
give high school students the incentive to
better prepare for college.
Regent James Moylan of Omaha also
stressed an incentive is needed "so we
don't have to be teaching remedial
courses."
Moylan has prepared admissions stand
ards similar to those at Oklahoma State
University: applicants would have to score
17 or 18 on the American College Testing
(ACT) Entrance Examination, or be in the
top one-third or one-half of their high
school class, or have a B or C-plus average.
"If you didn't meet any of these you
could take six hours of college courses, and
if you maintained a 1.5 or above CPA,
then you could become a full-time stu
dent," he said.
In addition, Moylan suggested the plan
be implemented over a three-year period.
Moylan said he was still open on the ad
missions issue, and would not make a final
decision until he had a chance to review
Ronald Roskens' proposal.
Regent John Payne of Kearney was also
undecided , but said he was not convinced a
change in the admissions policy is needed.
"UNL already has minimum admissions
in the separate colleges," he said, adding
that the university also has a policy to
reduce the attrition rate.
"I haven't been convinced that if a
tougher admissions policy was put in, any
money would be saved, and that seems to
be the reason for the interest shown in
changing the policy, he said.
Regent Robert Koefoot of Grand Island
said he supported the Roskens proposal as
opposed to the Moylan plan because it is
more effective to prepare students at the
high school level than to restrict their entry
at the college level.
Regent Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff
also said he favors the Roskens proposal,
although he wants it to go into effect im
mediately, and a minimum grade point
average on the coursework should be re
quired. UNL Student Regent Dan Wedekind
said he favors no change in the admissions
policy. He said the regents' concern with
the quality of education and the cost of
remedial courses are the two main reasons
for the interest in the admissions policy.
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