AGENDA AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS
DECEMBER 13, 2004

2004-05 study group home

Meeting Agenda

BACKGROUND MATERIALS

1. Discussion of Study Group Member Goals for 2004-05

• Charge Letter from President Dynes
• Membership List
• Final Report to the President, Eligibility and Admissions Study Group, April 2004

2. Who Are Our Students?

• UC System, Total Undergraduates, Fall 2001-Fall 2003: page 1 page 2

3. The Role of Undergraduate Admissions Policy in the University’s Strategic Plan

Relationship to University Mission:

• UC Policy on Undergraduate Admissions
• Historical References to the Role of Admissions
  in the Mission of the University of California

Relationship to the Master Plan for Higher Education:

- Access Provisions of the California Master Plan for Higher Education

4. Follow-Up on 2003-04 Eligibility and Admissions Study Group Recommendations

• Overview of Recommendations and Summary Implementation Plan Status
• Changes to Eligibility Criteria:
• Regents Increase Minimum GPA
• Proposed Increase in Minimum GPA for UC Eligibility
• Academic Senate Recommendation Regarding Freshman Eligibility Requirements (Regents’ Item 304)
• Regents Approve Some Eligibility Adjustments For 2005, Delay Action On Proposed GPA Increase
• Proposed Revisions to UC Eligibility
• Academic Senate’s Recommendations for Changes in Eligibility Criteria for Undergraduate Admissions (Regents’ Item 302)
• Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), Resolution on Admissions Selection Criterion #14 And Statement on Geographical Preferences

5. Topics for Discussion at April 2005 Meeting

• Assessing Major Components of the Eligibility and Admissions Process
  (tentative: SAT, ACT, and other admissions tests)
• Differences Between Racial/Ethnic Composition of UC’s Admitted
  and Enrolled Students and California High School Graduates
• Others?