'ougher adrniss~on equirements designed o help limit enrollment I' he State Board of Higher Educat~onwill consider new admission requlrementsfor Portland State at its Oct. 23 meetina in Euaene. The requirements, io be efjective in the fall of 1982, were adopted by the Faculty Senate Aug. 11. Under the new requirements, the mlnlmumgrade polnt average (GPA) for Oregon residents who want to enter PSU as freshmen would go from 2.25 to 2.5 (C=2. B=3). The high school GPA requirement for entering freshmen horn another state already is 2.75 and will not change. The senate also voted to tighten requirementsfor transfer credits. The new requirementswill allow transfer of credits only on courses completed with a grade of C or better. For non-Oregon residents, there will ba an addit~onarlequirement that Ule student have at least a 2.25 GPA for transfer credlts. - - - ~ - - Adm sslon reqv~remenrstor tore~gn stuoents w sh8ngl o transfer to PSU a so were rlgnlenedto requre that students achieve a standard score on an Englishtest, regardlessof Enulish courses taken elsewhere. The Unlversity also tightened the limlf on ihe time it will allow fnwinn studentsto complete transfer crGiis from two years to one year. Students must complete 25 college credlts with a 2.25 GPA wlthin that time to be eliaible for transfer to PSU. dipt ti on of the higher admission standards was brouoht abncrt at this . .. .. - -. -. . . - time in response to a request by the State Board that institutions consider such actions as one way of limitlng future enrollment due to budaet cuts. The new admission requirements at PSU could affect some 125 potential freshmen and approximately 30 potential transfer students, including international students. The new admission requirements will be reviewed in the future to make sure they are not preventing students from attending the Universitywho have a high probabiltty of success. PSU enrolls a hlgh prowrtion of what are termed "non-traditional" students (students not fresh out of high school or those returning to the Unlversity after an extended absence), and the usual predictorsof academic success (such as high school GPA) are not necessarily accurate. - mmngof anxlws students awnn h hops ot Mding m class schedule.
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