R 101, Admissions Criteria Task Force Request Act

Admissions Criteria Task Force Request Act

R 101, 83rd Session

Version Info:

12-2-2003, as initially introduced: HTML

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Basic Information:

Primary Sponsor(s):

Adams, Hinton, Lam, Lester, Moody, Ortega, and Petters

Secondary Sponsor(s):

Lassiter

Current Status:

Title Registered

Report(s):

None

Long Title:

AN ACT CALLING FOR THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE WITH THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING AND RESHAPING THE ADMISSIONS CRITERIA

Consideration History:

12-3-2003 Senate:

First Reading

Online Text

(as of 12-2-2003, as initially introduced)

RESOLUTION 101

A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED

An act CAlling for the creation of a task force with the purpose of EVAluating and reshaping the admissions CRITERIA

Short Title: Admissions Criteria Task Force Request Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senators ADAMS, HINTON, MOODY, ORTEGA, PRICE, and Treasurer LESTER

First Reading: December 3, 2003 Version Date: December 1, 2003

Referred to: __________________________________________________________.

WHEREAS, it should be the primary goal of any public university to review the application process in order to review the entire student for undergraduate admission into the institution; and,

WHEREAS, a successful college student typically exhibits qualities that cannot be conveyed by GPA, test scores, and other background information yet, the current NCSU application system does not provide for an accurate review of the whole individual; and,

WHEREAS, a large emphasis for selection is placed on scores generated from the SAT and ACT, which by themselves can be proven to discriminate against race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, physical impairment, and learning disabilities; furthermore, these standardized tests have often shown unreliability, invalid measurements, a restrictive segment of the test taker’s intellectual abilities, and is also used inappropriately (i.e. tracking, labeling, placing, admitting); and,

WHEREAS, many other public institutes for higher education across the nation, including several of NCSU’s peer institutions, are researching innovative methods to improve their current admissions processes; and

WHEREAS, an admissions process that better allowed an applicant to show his/her more promising features and relay a whole picture of his/her abilities might draw a higher clientele of students applying for admission into North Carolina State University; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate requests the creation of a task force with the purposes of evaluating the current admissions process of the university and making suggestions for improvement of the system; now, therefore be it also

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina State University Student Senate suggests that the admissions reformation task force consist of NCSU Student Senate members appointed by the Student Body President, Faculty Senate Members, members from the Office of Admissions, and potentially be chaired by the Provost.

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