University Committee on Admissions Files, 1956-72 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Files of the University Committee on Admissions (All-University Committee on Admissions, 1959-69), including reports, memoranda, policy statements, proposals, student petitions, minutes, correspondence & statistics concerned with admission of foreign, transfer, minority, disadvantaged and freshman students; departmental admission requirements; subject pattern requirements; English requirements and proficiency; college level testing; accreditation; religious education; advanced placement and proficiency standards. Minutes of meetings filed with relevant materials include those of the University Committee on Admissions (March 1965 to October 1970); Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Committees A through K, (1963); joint Committee of the Illinois Association of Secondary School Principals and the University of Illinois on School-University Relations (1956-64); Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships (1961-65); Committee on Admissions and Records of the Illinois joint Council on Higher Education (1967-70). The files contain statistical data and reports on permits, applications, enrollment, probation, and drops at the University of Illinois (ca. 1962-70) and on enrollment in Big Ten Schools (ca. 1960-66).