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Admission standards to increase by 2011
By: Greg Rucinski
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: News
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Prospective students might find it more difficult to get enrolled at PUC, as the raising of admission standards are going to be very different by 2011.
The current academic admission standards for this year are a score of 770 on the SAT, as well as a GPA of 2.0 or higher. By 2011, the campus wishes to move the standards to a score of 900 on the SAT and GPA of 2.5.
"Every year, our standards are going to change bit by bit." "We're looking to be more competitive on student intake," said Paul McGuinness, director of admissions and recruitment.
The raising of the standards is aided by a partnership with Ivy Tech. Students who fail to meet the new academic standards will be sent to a transition program through Ivy Tech, which will offer remedial courses in an attempt to help fill in the education gaps the student may have. Also available is the Achievement Academy, which, according to McGuinness, is for students who are more prepared, yet still deficient.
"We don't ever want to walk away from the community. We're just moving in the direction that the state wants us to move in," said McGuinness.
According to McGuinness, PUC graduates are staying in northwest Indiana and that in turn affects the local economy and job market. Studies have been done showing that the majority of graduate students don't leave the area and it's up to PUC to supply the area with a meaningful supply of prepared and well educated students.
"We're looking hard to bring in students of a higher academic caliber. Not to say that our current students aren't, of course," said McGuinness. "The question then becomes, how do we get better prepared students to come here?"
One of the big things PUC has to offer, said McGuinness, is practical experience and experiential learning. According to McGuinness, the Senate is looking to incorporate experiential learning such as internships and on-the-job experiences into the curriculum.
"This is something coming straight from the faculty. The faculty is very much the champions of the university," said McGuinness.
The current academic admission standards for this year are a score of 770 on the SAT, as well as a GPA of 2.0 or higher. By 2011, the campus wishes to move the standards to a score of 900 on the SAT and GPA of 2.5.
"Every year, our standards are going to change bit by bit." "We're looking to be more competitive on student intake," said Paul McGuinness, director of admissions and recruitment.
The raising of the standards is aided by a partnership with Ivy Tech. Students who fail to meet the new academic standards will be sent to a transition program through Ivy Tech, which will offer remedial courses in an attempt to help fill in the education gaps the student may have. Also available is the Achievement Academy, which, according to McGuinness, is for students who are more prepared, yet still deficient.
"We don't ever want to walk away from the community. We're just moving in the direction that the state wants us to move in," said McGuinness.
According to McGuinness, PUC graduates are staying in northwest Indiana and that in turn affects the local economy and job market. Studies have been done showing that the majority of graduate students don't leave the area and it's up to PUC to supply the area with a meaningful supply of prepared and well educated students.
"We're looking hard to bring in students of a higher academic caliber. Not to say that our current students aren't, of course," said McGuinness. "The question then becomes, how do we get better prepared students to come here?"
One of the big things PUC has to offer, said McGuinness, is practical experience and experiential learning. According to McGuinness, the Senate is looking to incorporate experiential learning such as internships and on-the-job experiences into the curriculum.
"This is something coming straight from the faculty. The faculty is very much the champions of the university," said McGuinness.
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