The Dean of Enrollment Management now reports directly to the President and meets with him a minimum of once a week. In regard to standards, MGEN Grinalds stated that the minimum acceptable levels for SAT scores, class rank, and physical fitness will remain constant. He had hoped to hold to a SAT score of 1000 but has been forced to back up to 920. Every exception to the standards set must be cleared by MGEN Poole. MGEN Grinalds announced that eighty to ninety qualified applicants have been invited to attend Scholars Day this year and reported that among the women who have applied thus far, the average SAT score is 1100.
Funding presents another challenge.
The College will be working on establishing priorities and developing contingency plans. The President suggested that individual departments can contribute through their own fund-raising efforts. As time goes on, there will be a plan to integrate all the separate fund-raising efforts. Since this issue has surfaced in the past, several faculty members raised questions or made statements about departmental fund raising. LTC Staley asked about fund-raising for a modern language laboratory.