Approval of Minutes of the Meeting of January 19, 2000. The minutes were unanimously approved. Admissions Report - Mr. Ray Brown Dean Brown reported that the freshman application figures of 6,470 are down 75 compared to last year's figures and up 1,075 compared to the fall of 1998. At this time, the erratic state of the applicant pool has made it difficult to report which college is up and which college is down in freshman applications. Dean Brown commented that Wisconsin in and Illinois, our most important markets, are at record highs, already surpassing last year's record number of applications.
Acceptances are even with last year's figures, and the good news is that quality is up.
The Law School also is experiencing increase in the quality of their applicants. Gender Equity Task Force Update - Prof. Phoebe Williams Professor Phoebe Williams, Associate Professor of Law and Chair of the Task Force on Gender Equity, provided the Senate with a brief update on the activities of the Task Force. To prepare a report on the findings and cnclusions of the task force that will include a plan, withr ecommendations, to address any inappropriate gender differences.