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"I may say, seriously, that I consider it an honor to have been chosen Chairman by this group and a privilege to serve.

"Statements were made by President Friday and Chancellor Aycock and by spokesmen for the Greensboro and Raleigh campuses acting in the places of Chancellors Singletary and Caldwell. They supplied detailed analyses of institutional enrollments indicating in addition to current figures the important trends over recent years according to different programs of study and categories of students.

"The Committee was gratified to discover that since 1958 when the College Board entrance examinations were instituted as one of the number of factors to be considered in determining eligibility of applicants for admission, the University has constantly studied the results in order to insure that the doors of our institutions be kept open to qualified graduates of our high schools. It was reassuring to observe that concurrently with the growth in numbers of students attending the University, there is a steady improvement in their preparation and ability. We are also conscious of the rapid growth in college enrollments even if we are not all familiar with the rather involved details. Total enrollments in the University have grown over the past five years (that is, from 1959 to 1963, from 16,368 to 22,075 (a 35 percent increase). By institution the change during this five-year period has been as follows: At North Carolina State from 5,854 to 7,451 (a 27.5 percent increase); at the University at Greensboro from 2,586 to 3,737 (a 44.5 percent increase); at Chapel HU1 from 7,923 to 10,887 (a 37.4 percent increase).

"The problem of relating growth of enrollments in the University to maintaining the adequacy of facilities and excellence of staff is, of course, of paramount importance. The officers and faculties of our institutions constantly study this problem to the end that the maximum number of students may be admitted consistent with resources and desirable standards.

"Admissions policies of the three campuses are effectively co-ordinated through the agency of the All-University Admissions Policy Committee of the consolidated University under the chairmanship of Vice President Anderson. This is not to say that admissions requirements are absolutely uniform for the three campuses except at the point of minimum requirements since there is a desirable and necessary variation among the different schools and curricula, especially among specialized and professional programs.

"Typically, a number of factors will be weighed in considering the admissibility of an applicant for the freshman year; the high school record, including his rank among his classmates; the scores on the College Entrance Board examination; the recommendation of his school principal, and other indications of character and citizenship. Students who transfer from another college or university are adjudged by different criteria, and, of course, the requirements vary as between applicants from North Carolina and applicants from outside the state. By making continuous studies of the correlation between standards of admission and scholarly performance, it is possible from time to time to effect changes which cause a reduction in the number of academic failures. For example, at Chapel Hill the number of students in the first-year class who left college for academic reasons was reduced from 14 percent in 1961-1962 to 11 percent in 1962-1963.

"While enrollment is growing at all of our institutions, the rate of increase is most critical at Chapel Hill. This year 1,383 more students enrolled at Chapel Hill than in the preceding year (an increase of 13.36 percent in one year). The total enrollment of 10,887 is 800 students in excess of the number for which funds were budgeted this year, and 300 more than the number for which funds were budgeted for next year even before we admit a single additional student.

"In the light of these and many other facts that were brought out in our meeting, the Committee considered favorably two modifications recommended by the President.