ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS 4/3/70 Agreed that the "Special Student" category as applied was too broad a definition; particularly to students admitted on a special basis such as foreign students and other unevaluated or probationary students. 5/14/70 Recommended that departments be given the authority to extend graduate student application deadlines at their discretion. 5/14/70 GC generally like the present "Graduate Study Application Form". 5/22/70 Statement defining student graduate status adopted; corrected status category to be reflected on the application form. 5/29/70 Graduate Study Application Form approved. 7/15/70 Agreed that students should be permitted to enroll concurrently in two different master's degree programs. 11/20/70 Graduate student classification statement, approved 5/22/70, revised: "Provisional Graduate status to include only students lacking credentials for admission evaluation. Special situations, formerly included in this category, now fall into Special Student status." 3/19/71 Non-degree seeking special student status eliminated during review of the Graduate Student Status classifications. 12/2/71 Approved that CSU graduates not pay an application fee for CSU graduate degree programs. 12/2/71 Decided that students actively working on a thesis should register and pay for certain number of credit hours. 1/20/72 GC recommended to FC that pre-registration by mail end 5-6 weeks before the beginning of the following quarter, with payment of tuition to be made no later than the first week of the following quarter. 3/7/72 Student incurring academic dismissal may not apply for re-admission to the same program before 1 calendar year has elapsed. 12/7/72 Expressed need for some kind of central admissions policy. 3/7/73 Once initially registered for thesis or project work requiring more than one quarter for completion and in which a "T" grade is given, students must register continuously during the academic year until the work is completed. The number of credits required will be left up to the Department. 10/18/73 Felt that the non-degree status concept had attractive educational advantages, but that the State subsidy problem was a serious drawback. 1/29/75 Opposed ASC's amendment limiting non-degree status students to 12 credit hours; will seek to amend proposal on the floor of FC 3/19/75 Approved minimum TOEFL score of 525 for graduate admission. 3/19/75 Approved admitting international applicants only if qualified for full regular status upon review of all required documents. 5/14/75 Let stand regulations requiring continuous registration for thesis work and registration in the quarter of graduation. 5/14/75 Approved extending the provisional admit status through the summer 1975 term only for previous students when it is clear that such students intend to pursue workshop courses and desire the non-degree status which will be effective in the fall. Matter referred to ASC. 10/15/75 Requirement of registration in terms of graduation and the feasibility of charging an examination fee in cases where students applied for graduation a quarter or more after completion of academic coursework discussed. GASC felt that charging any fee for a non-existent course to handle problem requirements beyond coursework was not advisable. Determined that fees should not be charged to handle those cases of exception to the regulations. GPC considered the registration requirement an unpetitionable matter. 11/12/75 GASC will review the matter of a comprehensive examination fee in lieu of registration and provide a written recommendation. 12/16/75 Request to allow relaxation of application procedures for non-degree applicants in light of the Regent's new regulations transmitted to ASC. 3/17/76 Proposal that if the only requirement to be completed in the final quarter is a departmental examination for which a fee is charged, the department may accept the payment of the fee in lieu of the requirement for registration defeated. 4/14/76 Felt that international students already in the country can be as any other applicant and be admitted as Provisional or Special. 4/21/76 Readmission and automatic dismissal policies revisions approved. 10/20/76 Facilitating registration procedures for non-degree students discussed. Suggested allowing "non-degrees" to register at a specified time on the second day of in-person registration. 3/9/77 Extended undergraduate policy to post-graduate students with the 12 credit limit, at which time the student should declare intention by applying to Graduate Studies as either a degree or non-degree student. 3/16/77 Recommended that each section of the Graduate Bulletin describing doctoral programs contain specific admission criteria and that the general, introductory portion refer to these sections. 11/28/79 Transient Approval form to be redesigned so that advisors approving transient attendance elsewhere may check whether or not the course will be ultimately transferred to the student's records if requested. 11/28/79 Approved permitting departments to waive the GRE requirement where the degree is more than 6 years old, provided that the applicant;s CPHR was at least 3.0 on a 4.0 grading system. 11/28/79 Recommended that Graduate College continue practice of requiring a minimum 50th percentile achievement on admissions tests for applicants below a 2.6 GPA. 11/28/79 Revised the Graduate Bulletin section on the language proficiency test: Applicants whose native language is other than English be required to submit results of TOEFL. 10/15/80 Decided that the Michigan Test and TOEFL are both standardized tests and are readily available and that language entrance requirement cannot be waived based on a departmental interview and recommendation. 2/18/81 Referred matter of no longer requiring non-degree students to obtain instructor approval to GASC. 3/11/81 Approved that the requirement that a non-degree student obtain written approval from the instructor be left to the discretion of individual departments. 10/26/81 GASC charged with considering the establishment of a variable minimum score for the TOEFL test, rather than a fixed score. 12/7/81 Approved retaining present TOEFL and Michigan Language Test minimum score requirement. 1/27/82 Education College's proposal to evaluate applicant's not meeting minimum GPA entrance criteria on a point scale system approved with a 3-year report-back proviso. 3/17/82 Policy allowing early re-admission before 12 months have lapsed via petition allowed to stand, but that such petitions should be acted upon by the GPC as the final decision body rather than the program. 5/19/82 Approved exempting all Business program applicants from the letters of recommendation requirement. 11/15/82 Approved special considerations for Gama Filho applicants 11/17/82 Approved continuing the application fee waiver for employees. 11/9/83 Approved a 2.75(/4.00) GPA as the minimum for admission as a regular graduate student. 11/28/84 GC briefed on on application and admission regulations regarding international applicants and students; and on what CSU is doing in providing English as a Second Language courses to students. 2/27/85 Revised the student petitioning process so that students who do not meet the policy's requirements, would petition through Graduate College, rather than their undergraduate college. 1/12/88 Referred matter of abandoning the Special Graduate status and extending Regular Graduate Status to include applicants with 2.75 or above GPAs and/or whose tests scores are at the 50th percentile or above, to the departments. 2/9/88 Eliminated the Special Graduate status and extended Regular Graduate Status to include applicants with 2.75 or above GPAs and/or whose tests scores are at the 50th percentile or above. 2/23/88 Approved: International Students admitted to a graduate program, but whose TOEFL scores are in the 475-524 range (or 75-84 range on the Michigan English Language Test) must participate in the University's English as a Second Language program... 11/22/88 Recommended charging international students an acceptance rather than an admission fee that would be due before the first registration. 12/6/88 Approved abolishing the GRE 50th-percentile requirement for international student admissions and to require graduate programs to state their criteria for international student admissions. 1/10/89 12/6/88 decision regarding international student admissions and GC's desire to view departmental criteria on the matter clarified. 2/21/89 Agreed to survey graduate programs to determine the maximum credit hours which designates full-time graduate students. 4/11/89 Dr. Bailey's report on survey regarding admissions tests and score requirements for international students received. 5/9/89 Non-degree graduate students only be required to obtain a single signature/approval to take a graduate course and that each department determine the appropriate person authorized to grant such approvals. 2/19/91 Approved that degree programs decide for themselves whetheror not to require letters of recommendations. 2/15/94 Retained minimum TOEFL score of 525 for admission to graduate college. International students with scores of 500-524 will be required to take ESL courses. 5/24/94 International graduate students who complete a full program of study at an authorized English Language Service Center are excused from having to take the TOEFL as an admission requirement. However, students will be evaluated by CSU staff for proficiency. 5/7/96 Approved requiring that only one official transcript from each institution attended be submitted for students applying for admission. 11/9/99 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Admissions Issues approved. 1/25/2000 Approved expanded list of English language proficiency tests for admissions purposes. 4/11/2000 Dean's Council accepted GC's model for processing graduate admissions applications with the exception that application processing activity was moved from a decentralized level (colleges/departments) to a centralized level (Graduate College) 4/25/2000 All entering students who are not native speakers of English be tested upon arrival on campus if they score below 575 on the TOEFL, or below a similar level on any other acceptable English proficiency examination. Such students shall take this on-campus test before they register for classes. Depending on the results of the test, they will be: 1) cleared to take regular graduate classes in their curriculum without ESL instruction, 2)allowed to take specified classes while take intensive or discipline-oriented ESL classes, or 3)required to take intensive ESl instruction and reach an established performance level before registering for regular graduate classes. Implementation of this program is contingent upon funding by the Provost's sector. 4/25/2000 Approved establishing a 30 day deadline for degree seeking graduate school applicants. Results will be assessed after one year. 7/24/02 Approved permitting graduate students to late register for courses offered during the current term as long as they have written approval of the instruction offering the course and graduate program director. (students no longer required to petition for late registration for current term) 11/10/03 Approved revised admissions standards for the AMBA program. 12/8/03 Approved revising the English Language Proficiency Policy for International Students who are Speakers of Other Languages, policy item no. 6 to "Completion of English Languae Studies (Level 112) from any of the ELS Language Centers. 4/28/04 Approved proposed policy change for admission to multiple degree programs. 4/28/04 College of Engineering admissions criteria changed: GRE will still be required with the minimum quantitative score, but no requirement for the Analytical. Admissions committee will rely more on the TPEFL and ESL scores. Engineering College to report back in three years on how this change has affected applicants. 9/27/04 Approved certification in proficiency in English as an added option to the ESL Policy for Admission. 10/17/05 Approved revised TOEFL Exam recommendations for the Conditional Admissions Policy. 1/23/06 Approved reducing the MELAB test score minimum requirement to 77. 2/27/06 Approved Re-Admissions policy. 10/11/06 Approved revising the minimum TOEFL score to 550 for the College of Business Administration. 10/11/06 Went along with Graduate Admissions' plans to handle graduate student status changes and deactiviation on-line. 10/11/06 Accepted that the Department's Chair and Graduate Program Director's signature are all that required for an over-load approval. 4/13/07 Approved revisions to the Conditional Admissions Policy revising the TOEFL score requirement. 5/4/07 Approved additional revisions to the Conditional Admissions Policy revising the TOEFL score requirement. 12/13/07 Approved the MBA program accepting GRE scores as a substitute for GMAT scores for those who have earned graduate degrees in fields other than business. 3/4/08 Approved longer version of Graduate Admission Status section, including the Workshop category and eliminating the provisional category, in the Graduate Bulletin. (returned by UCC because of "language and inconsistent material issues" - GC: 12/08/08) 2/12/09 Conditional Admission - Type 2 category eliminated; application of regular admission with program requirements incoprorated the intent of Type 2 category within current Graduate Catalog standards. Provisional Admission - Program directors will be asked to transmit a second letter of admission or denial for provisionally admitted students. It is necessary so that the student has proper coding in PeopleSoft to reflect an accurate admission history for an audit trail. An assistantship can be a part of a recruitment package for a provisionally admitted student. However no student can sign and receive a GA contract until they have received a formal admission letter. Non-degree status - Each program can decide how many non-degree credits will be accepted or whether non-degree students will be accepted in their program at all. This category is often used for applicants who apply late. The numbers of non-degree students are difficult for some programs to keep track of. When the College of Graduate Studies fills the Systems Administrator vacancy, it will be possible to generate a report of non-degree students and their credit hour status for use by the Program Directors. It is imperative for non-degree students to understand they are not degree-seeking students and that they must formally apply and be admitted to a program to become degree seeking. The College of Graduate Studies will prepare a brochure on non-degree admission for additional clarification. Some programs use 'contracts' for non-degree students to sign, restrict the courses available to non- degree students, or place registration holds to monitor students from going beyond a certain credit limit. 9/12/19 Labor Relations & Human Resources admission revision to waive the GRE/GMAT requirement for those students from AACSB accredited schools. Students will be admitted to a non-degree seeking track and will matriculate into the degree program once they complete 12 credits of coursework in good academic standing 9/12/19 Approved recommendations for the Summer semester applicants. 10/18/19 Draft GRE International proposal approved with revisions to the languae.