RENO, Nev.
Overall enrollment of first-time freshmen dropped at Nevada’s two universities after tougher admission standards took effect in 2006, with minorities including Alaska Natives affected the most, the Board of Regents was told.
Regents, meeting Friday in Reno, heard a report on the impact of their decision to raise the grade point average from 2.5 to 2.75.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas reported a 22 percent decrease in black students and a 50 percent drop in American Indian and Alaska Native students.
The University of Nevada, Reno, reported a 35 percent increase in black students and a 10.6 percent decrease in Hispanic students.
From fall 2005 to 2006, UNLV’s overall freshmen enrollment dropped 14.4 percent compared with UNR’s decrease of 2.6 percent.
Under regents’ action, the minimum GPA will go up again from 2.75 to 3.0 this fall.
