N.D. Chancellor Wants Tougher Admission Standards

The chancellor of the North Dakota University System says hundreds of freshmen on the campuses of the state's two largest universities this fall did not meet the standards for automatic admission.

 

 

 

 

Fargo, N.D. (AP) - The chancellor of the North Dakota University System says hundreds of freshmen on the campuses of the state's two largest universities this fall did not meet the standards for automatic admission.

Chancellor Ham Shirvani says about 7% of freshman at both North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota had scores on the ACT college entrance exam that were below the score required for automatic admission.

Shirvani wants tougher college entrance standards.

Officials from both universities say that they want to provide access to education to as many students as possible, and they need the flexibility to determine which students are likely to succeed in college.

 

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