Regents approve admissions policy modifications

Actions at the May 4 meeting of the UNT System Board of Regents included approval of a 2002 admissions policy that continues support for automatic acceptance to the top 25 percent of Texas high school graduates.

However, the regents did tighten standards for admission of student applicants ranked in the second quarter of their high school graduating class by requiring a score of 1050 or higher on the SAT or 23 or higher on the ACT.

The regents also approved an increase in the undergraduate admission application fee from $25 to $40 for students who apply for Fall 2002 and thereafter. And at the same time, they authorized the university to discontinue charging an undergraduate admission application fee to former students.

In other actions, the regents:

• Approved promotions and/or tenure for 50 members of the faculty. A complete listing of those individuals can be viewed at www.unt.edu/inhouse.
• Approved the appointments of James C. Scott as dean of the College of Music, Richard A. Villarreal as athletic director and John H. Jones as men's basketball coach.
• Approved a maximum project cost of $31,036,000 for the Student Recreation Center, which is expected to open for Fall 2003.
• Approved faculty development leaves for 26 professors.
• Accepted a faculty workload report certifying to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that UNT is complying with minimum standard workload requirements.
• Approved the renovation and naming of the MARC property at 1700 Wilshire as the Sullivant Public Safety Center.
• Approved honorary doctoral degrees to be awarded to Everett Alvarez Jr. and Joseph L. LaManna, D.O., on behalf of both UNT and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, at the Health Science Center commencement May 19.
• Approved submission of property purchase requests to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the purchase of a property adjoining the campus.

BY RODDY WOLPER rwolper@unt.edu

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