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Some SJSU programs slip past budget restrictions
Jill Abell
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: News
Talent-based programs are given special treatment in admitting prospective students outside of Santa Clara County, said an SJSU official.
California State University impaction guidelines allow special-talent admissions for the school of music and dance, and intercollegiate athletics, said Pat Lopes Harris, director of media relations at SJSU.
Natalie Stull, a senior kinesiology major with a concentration in athletics training, said all colleges should have the same admission requirements.
"It should be equal for everyone, no exceptions, including student athletes," she said.
The impaction guidelines have three basic components - campuswide impaction with a restricted local area for most programs, statewide local areas for a few specialized programs, and programmatic impaction for those degree programs that are heavily over-subscribed, according to the SJSU Web site.
Edward Harris, director of school of music and dance, said the assistant vice chancellor, Robert Turnage informed Harris before the Fall 2009 semester that talent-based programs would need to admit students statewide.
"They obviously gave athletics the exemption first, but then they said music, theatre, drama would need a larger talent pool," Harris said.
Linda Ozaki, an administrative assistant of SJSU athletics, said intercollegiate athletic teams, not club sports, have a talent-based exemption from the impaction plan.
"Many of our student athletes are from outside Santa Clara County or Santa Cruz," she said.
Harris said the talent-based exemption is a blessing and a curse.
He said admitting students into the program is like a balancing act, because the exemption is based on the specific needs of the programs.
For example, if the program has too many piano players, it will not admit anymore, he said.
"Our main problem is filling ensembles in the program," he said. "We are one of the last two to three CSUs to support a marching band. We get about 350 applicants and about 30 percent of those who apply join the program."
California State University impaction guidelines allow special-talent admissions for the school of music and dance, and intercollegiate athletics, said Pat Lopes Harris, director of media relations at SJSU.
Natalie Stull, a senior kinesiology major with a concentration in athletics training, said all colleges should have the same admission requirements.
"It should be equal for everyone, no exceptions, including student athletes," she said.
The impaction guidelines have three basic components - campuswide impaction with a restricted local area for most programs, statewide local areas for a few specialized programs, and programmatic impaction for those degree programs that are heavily over-subscribed, according to the SJSU Web site.
Edward Harris, director of school of music and dance, said the assistant vice chancellor, Robert Turnage informed Harris before the Fall 2009 semester that talent-based programs would need to admit students statewide.
"They obviously gave athletics the exemption first, but then they said music, theatre, drama would need a larger talent pool," Harris said.
Linda Ozaki, an administrative assistant of SJSU athletics, said intercollegiate athletic teams, not club sports, have a talent-based exemption from the impaction plan.
"Many of our student athletes are from outside Santa Clara County or Santa Cruz," she said.
Harris said the talent-based exemption is a blessing and a curse.
He said admitting students into the program is like a balancing act, because the exemption is based on the specific needs of the programs.
For example, if the program has too many piano players, it will not admit anymore, he said.
"Our main problem is filling ensembles in the program," he said. "We are one of the last two to three CSUs to support a marching band. We get about 350 applicants and about 30 percent of those who apply join the program."
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neil signo
posted 11/05/09 @ 11:07 AM PST
US House of Representatives, Speaker Pelosi;
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1. I was a working CalState student, the campus said includes drug counselors and abortion services which was in the tuition fees. (Continued…)
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