Comission pushes increased admission standards

(AP) — A commission charged with revamping Louisiana’s higher education systems is recommending tougher admission standards at four-year universities, as a way to try to boost graduation rates.

The Postsecondary Education Review Commission made its first set of recommendations Tuesday.

Those recommendations include raising admission standards for incoming freshmen at the four-year schools, beginning in 2012, and setting new target graduation rates for each school.

The schools that meet those graduation targets in 2018 and beyond would get some sort of reward.

The Board of Regents, which governs public higher education in Louisiana, would be charged with developing the policy for the new standards — and what types of rewards would be given to schools that meet their graduation goals.


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