VAIL Colo.
Students with high grade-point averages or high ACT or SAT scores can enter Colorado’s public colleges next year even if they haven’t met strict new entrance requirements.
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education on Monday voted unanimously to temporarily back away from requirements that include four years of English and three years of algebra or higher math. Up to 20 percent of incoming college students failed to meet the standards.
The move, that gives colleges flexibility to grant exceptions, affects students entering in the fall of 2008. It also gives colleges time to adjust to the policy, said Julie Carnahan, chief academic officer for the commission.
