Page 3—Smoke Signals, Wednesday, February 10, 1971
Possibility of Transtering without "C" or AA Degree
Transfer without “C” average
and the associates degree
evaluated by reporting the
responses of a questionnaire
mailed to 200 colleges and
universities throughout the
South.
By D.H. Nicholson Registrar
Because of changes in our
society resulting from the almost
phenomenal, but massive,
growth of post-secondary
educational institutions and, in
particular, because of those
changes resulting directly from
the growth in numbers of two-
year institutions of higher
education, many senior in-
itutions are re-examining their
ositions concerning the ac
ceptance and non-acceptance of
junior and conununity college
transfer students. And this re
examination or, perhaps, re-
evaluation, is in the main cen
tered around admissions
requirements developed for the
two-year college transfers. As
has already been brought out in
previous articles in this column
many senior institutions are now
accepting “D” credit for transfer
from the two-year schools. Many
senior institutions are also not
penalizing for repeat hours. In
other words, senior institutions
are “liberalizing” their ad
missions policies and the transfer
students from the two-year in
stitutions are in a better position
than they have ever been for
admission to the four-year
schools.
When one considers that ap
proximately 8,200,000 students
were enrolled at colleges and
universities for this Fall
semester and that of the
preceding total approximately 40
per cent, according to a recent
article in “Fortune” magazine, is
enrolled in the two year colleges
or institutions, one can see that
higher education is indeed big
business. And one can also see
that there is increased com
petition among the senior
colleges and universities for the
qualified undergraduate transfer
students from the two-year in
stitutions institutions which,
again, are accounting for an
ever-increasing number of the
undergraduate enrollments.
Another trend is pointing up the
important role of the community
or junior college. Increasingly,
taxpayers are demanding from
those administrators and faculty
of public senior institutions an
“academic accounting” of what
Ihey are doing to deserve con
tinued high tax support. In other
words, senior institutions can no
longer afford the luxury of
neglecting their responsibilities
to undergraduate education in
efforts to build up sophisticated
graduate schools with their,
perhaps, more narrow per
spectives. If senior institutions
appear to continue to neglect the
lower level undergraduate
curricula on their campuses, the
taxpayers of many states will
give even greater support to the
idea of the conununity or junior
college. (Of course, our
discussion right here is directed
more to the public junior or
community college.) Therefore,
and these following comments
concern both the public and
private institutions, admissions
policies at senior institutions are
going to have to become more
flexible because of the growth in
academic stature of and public
support for the two-year in
stitutions. Some flexibility is
already becoming somewhat
apparent in the more liberal
attitude concerning the transfer
students from the two-year
schools. Because of this greater
flexibility of “liberalization” of
the admissions policies, we have
seen the wider acceptance of the
“D” credit and the increased
non-penalization of students who
take a course two or three times
before they master the course
work. Another manifestation of
this increased flexibility is
clearly seen in the institutional
responses to the following inquiry
which was a part of a question
naire mailed to 200 colleges and
universities this past summer.
This inquiry, number 4 on the
questionnaire, is as follows:
4. Would you be willing to grant
:onditional admissions” to any
^ udent without the associates
degree or at least a ‘C’ average
on all work attempted if that
student, in your estimation,
might show some potential for
completion at your institution?
Of the 200 institutions of higher
education fully accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, 148 institutions (or
74 per cent of the total mailings)
actually responded to the
questionnaire in some way or
another. And of the 148 in
stitutions, 4 returned the
questionnaire without approval
for publication or they returned
the questionnaire with in
complete answers which did not
address themselves to the
inquiries. Therefore, 144
responses are being reported in
this series of articles. Of the 144
responses used, 62 institutions
(Editors Note, In the last issue
of ^moke Signals the fifth
questionnaire was printed in
stead of the fourth questionnaire.
clearly indicated that they would
not grant “conditional ad
missions” to any student without
the associates degree or at least a
‘C’ average on all work at
tempted if that student, in their
estimation, still might show some
potential for completion at their
institution. Hence, 45 per cent of
the respondents used in this
report indicated that they would
not grant “conditional ad
missions” under the cir
cumstances as described above.
These institutions will be listed in
Group I.
On the other hand, of the 144
responses used, 82 institutions (or
over 56 per cent of the responses)
indicated that they would clearly
grant some form of “conditional
admissions” to any student
without the associates degree or
at least a ‘C’ average on all work
attempted if that student, in their
estimation, might show some
potential for completion at their
institution. In the main,
therefore, over half of the in
stitutions which responded to this
inquiry would grant conditional
admission to a prospective
transfer student from Chowan
College, of course, with the
p-eceding qualifications which
have been spelled out. This
preceding group of institutions
will be listed in Group II below.
In general, it should be
remembered by the student who
reads this column that because
an institution indicates that it will
or will not accept a student under
the circumstances described in
the inquiry, that institution may
use other criteria which the
qualifications of the inquiry
cannot assume or even begin to
anticipate. However, the
responses as they are presented
below may help to guide the
reader to some options which he
would not have had if he had not
read this column...perhaps! If
nothing else, the reader can have
a better understanding of the
increased flexibility now evident
in the admissions standards or
policies directly affect the
prospective transfer student
from a two-year college.
Group I
Those schools which indicated
that they would not grant
“conditional admissions” to any
student without -tiie associates
degree or at least a ‘C’ average
on all work attempted if that
student, in their estimation,
might show some potential for
completion at their institution.
In the instances below where
the school answered with a
simple “no” answer, only tha
name of school will be cited.
However, if there were some
qualification added to the “no”
answer, this qualification will be
presented.
Sweet Briar College (Va.)
Tuskegee Institute (Ala.)
Emory & Henry College (Va.)
“gener^y not”
North Carolina State
University (Raleigh) Generally
not but “all students are welcome
to attend summer sessions here
but only the faculty committee on
admissions can make ex
ceptions.”
Elon College (N.C.) “Transfer
students with less than a ‘C’
average have little chance of
acceptance unless they are
commuters.”
University of Texas at Austen
“most likely not”
University of Virginia
(Charlottesville)
Texas Christian University
University of Houston (Texas)
University of Richmond (Va.)
Randolph-Macon Woman’s
College (Lynchburg, Va.)
University of Miami (Fla.)
Vanderbilt University (Tenn.)
University of Dallas (Texas)
GUford CoUege (N.C.)
Norfolk State College (Va.)
Trinity College (Texas) would
require a 2.5 on 4.0 scale
Morehead State University
(Ky.)
Newcomb College of Tulane
University (New Orleans) “A ‘B’
average is required of students
seeking transfer.”
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Furman University (S.C.)
Salem College (N.C.)
George Mason College (Va.)
Lynchburg CoUege (Va.)
Middle Tennessee State
University (Murfreesboro,
Tenn.)
Virginia Military Institute
Loyola University (New
Orleans) “Day School — No”
“Evening Division — yes”
University of Alabama
Southern Methodist University
(Texas)
Eastern Kentiffcky University
College of William and Mary
(Va.)
Belmont College (Tenn.)
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington
Emory University (Ga.)
University of Florida at
Gainesville (“No! State law
tx'ohibits accepting less than a ‘C’
average at each institution
previously attended.”)
Louisiana State University
(Main Campus at Baton Rouge)
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro “Generally”
University of Tampa (Fla.)
Southwestern at Memphis
(Tenn.)
Southern University (La.)
Old Dominion University (Va.)
Fisk University (Tenn.)
Samford University (Ala.)
Newberry College (S.C.)
Virginia Pol}ftechnic Institute
Greensboro College (N.C.)
Virginia Commonwealth
University “VCU does not offer
any type of conditional ad
missions.”
Texas Tech University “We do
not have conditional admission. A
student either meets our ad
mission requirements or he is not
admissible.”
Duke University (N.C.)
Radford College (Va.)
East Carolina University
Atlantic Christian College
(N.C.) “not for continuous
enrollment”
Catawba College (N.C.)
Maryville College (Tenn.)
Madison College (Va.) Ad
mission granted if “ave. is 2.5
(4.0 scale) or if the applicant has
earned the associate degree.”
St. Leo College (Fla.) Ad
mission granted if “student has
the associate degree or a 2.0
average on the 4.0 scale.”
Henderson State College
(Arkansas) “Out of state needs a
‘C’ average for admissions.”
Hampton Institute (Va.)
Longwood College (Va.) “We
do not offer conditional ad
mission to students in attendance
at the regular session. Con
ditional ateissions has l>een
offered to some students for the
Summer Session.”
University of Louisville (Ky.)
Wake Forest University (N.C.)
Only “very rarely” is someone
admitted conditionally.”
Wesleyan CoUege (Ga.)
Only “rarely” is an exception
made, allowing a person to be
admitted conditionally.
Group II
Those schools which indicated
Biat they “would clearly grant”
some form of “conditional ad
missions” to any student
“without” the associates degree
or at least a ‘C’ average on all
work attempted if the student, in
their estimation, might show
some potential for completion at
their institution.
In the instances below where
the school answered with a
simple “yes” answer, only the
name of school will be cited.
However, if there were some
qualification added to the “yes”
answer, that qualification will be
presented with the name of the
school.
Virginia Wesleyan College —
“We do grant admission to
students who fall slightly below a
‘C’ average if they show potential
for completing a program with
us.”
Mars Hill College (N.C.) —
“We would consider each ap
plicant in this category on his
own merit.”
Arkansas State University
(State University, Ark) — This
institution uses a type of
“probationary” admissions scale
which allows it to admit students
below the “C” average.
The Qtadel (S.C.) “Academic
placement for transfer students
depends upon the number of
transferable credits accepted.
Without any prior ROTC,
minimum time at The Citadel
should be expected to be 3
years.”
Sul Rose State College (Texas)
Clemson University (S.C.) “A
student is not required to have an
associate degree or exactly a ‘C
average to be eligible for
enrollment at Clemson. A
minimum of 750 on the SAT is
required, though, of all transfer
students. The student’s tran
script is evaluated on an in
dividual basis. Most accepted
transfer students have a ‘C’
average or better.”
Tulane University (La.) “Each
applicant is considered in
dividually and admission is of
fered to those who in the
judgment of the Admissions
Committee show reasonable
potential for completion at
Tulane.”
Pfeiffer College (N.C.)
Union College (Tenn.) “We
have done this at times, and are
open to the possibility.”
Texas Women’s University
(Denton, Texas)
Georgia State College at
Milledgeville
Mississippi State University
(State CoUege, Miss.) “Yes, we
grant admission to transfers if
they have earned 12 or more
semester hours of credit.”
Coker CoUege (S.C.)
Transylvania University (Ky.)
University of Southern
Mississippi “Yes, we have an
Admissions Appeal Committee
that’s very rigid. The student if
admitted would “have” to
maintain a 2.50 QPA on the 4.0
system the first quarter at
U.S.M. Then at least a ‘C’
average after first quarter.”
Bridgewater College (Va.)
“Each case is considered on an
individual basis; however, we
would normaUy expect a ‘C’
average.”
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Arkansas Polytechnic CoUege
Hampden-Sidney CoUege (Va.)
“We do not grant “conditional
admission” unless it is an ex
ceptional case.”
Tusculum CoUege (Tenn.)
CampbeUsviUe CoUege (Ky.)
Also uses a kind of graduated
“probationary admissions scale”
for the acceptance of students
with below a ‘C’ average. Similar
to Arkansas State University’s
scale.
North Carolina Wesleyan
CoUege
University of Mississippi
(University, Miss.) Yes, except
in the Schools of Engineering and
Pharmacy.
Methodist CoUege (N.C.)
King College (Tenn.) possibly
Memphis Academy of Arts
(Tenn.)
Meredith CoUege (N.C.)
High Point CoUege (N.C.)
Baptist CoUege of Charleston
(S.C.)
Ouachita Baptist University
(Ark.) “absolutely”
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Tarleton State CoUege (Texas)
Southeastern La. CoUege “Only
if the student is eUgible to re-
entfet'' fast'^ cWiSg'S *'^r
university attended. (In the case
of a 2-yr coUege, we would
assume him to be eUgible if he
graduates from the 2-yr
coUege.)”
Centenary CoUege (La.) “The
admissions committee has of
fered admission to appUcants
with G.P.A.’s below 2.0, usuaUy
attaching such conditions as
Umited load or probationary
standing.”
Florida Institute of Technology
“Transfer students would be
required to have an associate
degree in order to be considered -
for admission. Most transfer
students whose academic records
indicate probabUity of success in
our curricula are accepted.”
Georgia Southern CoUege “The
CoUege does not provide a poUcy
which wiU grant ‘conditional
admissions’ to a transfer student.
A student must be eUgible to
return to his former institution
and maintain a minimum grade
point average over aU coUege
work previously attempted.”
Centre CoUege (Ky.)
Tift CoUege (Ga.)
Texas A&M University
Wofford CoUege (S.C.)
Columbia College (S.C.)
“Would be willing to grant ad
mission if student showed
promise of completion.”
CoUege of the Ozarks (Ark.)
“Yes, under certain conditions.”
Southwestern University
(Texas)
Texas Lutheran CoUege
Florida Southern CoUege
George Peabody CoUege for
Teachers (Tenn.)
CampbeU CoUege (N.C.)
Averett CoUege (Va.)
Presbyterian CoUege (S.C.)
University of South Alabama
“Yes. The grad point average
required for admission as a
transfer student is as foUows:
CLEAR (not conditional). Fresh
man—1.50, Sophomore—1.50,
Junior—1.70, Senior—2.00.
PROBATIONARY AC
CEPTANCE; Freshman—1.30,
Sophomore—1.40, Junior—1.50,
Senior—1.90.
Cumberland CoUege (Ky.) “on
individual basis”
Mary Boldwin CoUege (Va.)
“Certainly!”
Carson-Newman College
(Tenn.) “Our committee
sometimes permits this.”
Lenoir Rhyne Cdlege (N.C.)
Lincoln Memorial University
(Tenn.) “Yes, definitely.”
Western Carolina University
(N.C.)
Randolph-Macon College
(Men) (Ashland, Va.)
Roanoke CoUege (Va.)
Hollins CoUege (Va.) “Yes, but
in general we do not use “con
ditional admissions.”
Brenau CoUege (Ga.)
Stetson University (Fla.)
Austin Peay State University
(Tenn.)
Johnson C. S.mith University
(N.C.)
Tennessee Wesleyan CoUege
JacksonviUe University (Fla.)
Benedict CoUege (S.C.)
Delta State CoUege (Miss.)
GrambUng CoUege (La.)
Scarritt CoUege (Tenn.) “We
accept students who have not
earned the degree of Associate in
Arts. However, since we offer the
junior and senior years of un
dergraduate work, a student
must satisfactorily complete 51-
60 aemester hours of work, ex
clusive of physical education.”
University of Corpus Christi
(Texas)
Blue Mountain CoUege (Miss.)
“Yes, we will consider such a
student.”
Lander CoUege (S.C.)
St. Mary’s University (Texas)
“St. Mary’s is willing to grant
“conditional admissions” to any
student without the associate
degree or if he at least has an
over-aU grade point average, that
is if he is not on Scholastic
Probation or Enforced Scholastic
Withdrawal from another
school.”
East Tennessee State
University
Oglethorpe CoUege (Ga.) “Yes,
if we think the student can do our
work if he does not have an A.A.,
but generaUy the appUcatn must
have at least a 1.8 out of a 4.0.”
Tennessee Technological Inst.
“We would have to receive the
transcript and application before
any committment could be
made.”
University of Southwestern
Louisians If the student entered
without the “C” average from the
previous school, he would be
placed academic probation for
the first semester.
Union University (Tenn.)
“Yes, so long as he is eUgible to
return to the coUege from which
he is transferring.”
David Liscomb CoUege (Tenn.)
“Yes, with the possible exception
of FaU qtr.”
Berry CoUege (Ga.) “We would
consider as a candidate.”
Stratford CoUege (Va.)
Bennett CoUege (N.C.)
In the next issue of the Smoke
Signals, there wiU be reported the
last in this series of reports on
coUege transfer. This last report
wiU evolve from responses to the
following inquiry of the
questionnaire previously
described:
5. Approximately how many
on-campus and off-campus living
spaces do you have available for
transfers into your junior class
next FaU?
Although the above inquiry
may seem, on first reading, to be
somewhat irrelevant in a
questionnaire which is primarily
concerned with academics, it is
important to consider for many
reasons. One of the most im
portant of these reasons pertains
to something we might consider
“admissions potential,” for lack
of a better term! If a coUege or
university has expansive housing
faculties for transfer students,
admissions policies can be
altered, if only in not whoUy
observable degrees, to fiU those
empty beds. Hence, we might see
in instances where there are few
on-campus and off-campus
faciUties for transfer boarding
students, perhaps, tighter ad
missions policies governing
prospective transfer students are
in force. Of course, the preceding
is a generaUzation, but it is
worthy of consideration.
This column in the next issue of
Smoke Signals should lend more
insight into some options for the
prespective transfer student who
has completed his first two years
here at Chowan CoUege.
(Women)
Chowan College
Extended Curfew Request Form
(Complete in Duplicate)
Date.
Name Class.
Dormitory Room Number.
Date of Departure Destination
Companion Type of Transportation
Reasons for Request:
Approved By:
Associate Dean of Students (Women)
Head Resident
Students Appointed to
Faculty Committees
The following is a list of
students appointed to different
faculty Committees.
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Audrey WiUiams
Janet WomWe
Charlotte Warren
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Jay Collins
Kenneth Lewis
Pam CarroU
GRADUATION COMMITTEE
BiUy HiU
Susan Bourne
Steve Bates
EVENTS COMMITTEE
Paul Battaglia
O.J. Womble
Nick Knickerbocker
HEALTH COMMITTEE
Faye Overstreet
BiU Dodson
Donna PuUen
CLOTHING AND ETIQUETTE
Diane Wondergem
Jan Daughtry
Paula Bass
ATHLETICS COMMITTEE
David Oxendrine
Skeeter Key
Tom Molin
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE
Vicky Mann
Tom Patt
FACULTY STUDENT
RELATIONS
E)onna TUton
Danny HarreU
Steve Marlowe
CLASS ABSENCE COMMITTEE
MarUyn Browne
Hannah Jones
Karen Nix
HOSPITALITY
Mary Joyce Bowen
Betty MaUa
Susie Wilson
CAFETERIA COMMITTEE
Ron Dunn
Julie Hoskins
Sidney Young
Jack Leatherwood
Paul Howard
Tony Sapiengo
Nancy Hoy
The function of each committee
is as foUows:
Scholarship—To study financial
and scholarship needs of the
students, and to decide the
awarding of such aid as is
avaUable. The Committee also
explores the field of competitive
scholarships.
Library—To work with the
Librarian toward improving the
atmosphere, use, content, and
avaUabiUty of Ubrary materials.
Graduation—To plan and
implement plans for graduation
excerdse.
Events—To coordinate the
scheduling of all on-campus
activities.
Health—To promote mental
and physical weU-being among
the students, faculty, and per
sonnel of Chowan CoUege.
Clothing And Etiquette—To
recommend poUcies concerning
student dress.
Student Activities—To plan
with students for recreational
and other extra-curricular ac
tivities, including supervised use
of the Student Center. This
committee shaU plan for ac
tivities connected with
Homecoming, Parent’s Day, and
the Spring Festival.
Faculty Student Relations—
To meet when necessary to
discuss student relations.
Class Absences—To work wiOi
the Registrar in excusing student
absences and to recommend and
administer rules and poUcies
concerning class absences.
Chapel Assembly—To plan,
improve, and supervise chapel
and assembly programs.
Supervise attendance.
Intramurals—To promote
sports activities among faculty
and students.
Hospitality—To promote a
receptive environment among
the students, faculty, personnel.
and guests on the campus of
Chowan CoUege.
Atheletics:—To develop an
athletic program in keeping with
sound educational practices so as
to encourage support for this
program.
Cafeteria—To work with the
manager to improve conduct,
atmosphere, and appearance of
the cafeteria.
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“You’re an old-timer if
you can remember when the
coffee break was lunch.'’
CHAPEL-ASSEMBLY
MITTEE
Steve Cooper
Jen WeUer
BiUie Davis
INTRAMURALS
Mickey Outten
Carl Cunningham
WiUie Davis
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