1981-1982

                                Senate Document #32



                                 APC Document #29



                               Unclassified Students







        1.  Beginning Freshman (p. 16)



            Add:  The following paragraph on Early Admission at the

                  and of the section.



            Delete:  Same paragraph from Unclassified Students

                     subsection (p. 19)



            High school juniors may apply for early admission to the

            University, in lieu of their senior year in high school.  Such

            applicants must, in addition to the usual requirements for

            beginning freshmen, submit a written recommendation from the

            secondary school principal or counselor and have a personal

            interview with a representative of the Office of Admissions.

            The University's primary concern is that these applicants

            receive the secondary school diploma after successfully

            completing the freshman year of college.  



            Rationale:  Considering early admit students as unclassified

            students excludes those students from receiving financial aid

            or academic advising.  These students normally meet all

            admissions requirements and enroll in a typical freshman

            program.  Changing the classification to the Beginning Freshman

            category would insure that such students receive close academic

            advising and be eligible for any financial assistance.  



        2.  Unclassified Students (p. 19) 



            Delete:  Unclassified Students may take up to four courses

                     each semester for credit.



            Add:  Unclassified Students may take up to eight credit 

                  hours each semester.



            Persons who wish to take college courses but have no intention

            of obtaining a degree may be admitted to the University as

            Unclassified Students.  Unclassified Students may take up to

            eight (8) credit hours each semester.  The usual University

            admissions requirements are waived for students in this

            classification and no application processing fee is required.

            Admission as an unclassified students does not of itself

            constitute regular admission to the University.  Unclassified

            students who take course work for credit must, before

            successfully completing 25 semester hours of course work, apply

            to the Admissions Office for admission to the University as a

            regular degree candidate on the basis of their academic

            accomplishments.  The University's regular rules of scholarship

            apply to unclassified students.  




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            Unclassified students who wish to audit specific courses may do

            so by paying the regular fees at the published time for course

            registration.  Auditing students do not receive grades or

            credit, and instructors decide on the extent to which they may

            participate in classes, beyond their presence in the classroom. 



            Rationale:  The number of individuals taking 12 or more hours

            as unclassified students has been steadily increasing.  Often

            these students are pursuing a degree but for various reasons

            did not submit the necessary credentials to be admitted as

            degree seeking students.  The category was designed for the

            person interested in a particular course but not desiring a

            degree.  The above changes would not effect the bulk of the

            unclassified students.  



            Effective Fall '82 



        3.  Editorial Change 



            All application fees should be changed from $10 to $15.  This

            fee change results from action by the UNC Board of Governors

            and is current policy.