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department of Extension Personnel Development has been established on
the Raleigh campus and proposals for graduate degree programs designed
to prepare men and women for teaching adults away from the campus are
now under study.

"A new doctoral program in Art History has been authorized at Chapel
Hill. This is the first and the only doctorate in this subject offered any-
where in this region. The North Carolina Museum of Art is an important
resource that with our own collections provides a useful combination of
opportunities for advanced study in art history.

"Also at Chapel Hill a new doctoral degree in Mass Communication
Research has been established. As its title suggests, this program is
designed to prepare students for research study in the important field of
mass communication. The influence of television, radio, motion pictures,
and the press upon the attitudes and actions of people warrants careful
study of these media. The program at Chapel Hill is one of developing
general pronciples and theory of mass communication through basic
research rather than dealing with the methods of techniques of communica-
tion and the preparation of materials for transmission. The program is
interdisciplinary in that it will be administered by the School of Journal-
ism but will draw upon the resources of the University in the social
sciences, statistics and the Department of Radio, Television and Motion
Pictures.

"At Raleigh doctoral programs in chemistry and biochemistry have been
authorized. These will provide important support for the graduate work
in both the basic sciences and their application in professional fields. The
new doctoral programs will augment the basic research studies of the
faculty in chemistry and make possible a substantial enlargement of their
graduate program.

Admission Policy

"The minimum standards for admission to the University are identical
on our three campuses. These criteria include the student's high school
record and the scores made on the entrance examinations. Although
there have been large increases in the number of applications for admis-
sion, no change in the existing admission standards for freshmen is con-
templated.

"The development of community colleges in North Carolina will soon
increase substantially the number of students seeking admission to the
junior classes on the three campuses of the University. We are now
studying the question of admission policy for transfer students. At
present, students are admitted to the sophomore, junior, senior classes
from other colleges on the basis of their academic record at the institution
from which transfer is planned. We are now seeking additional criteria
that may be used to predict more accurately the performances of students
who apply for admission to the upper years of University work.

Graduate Enrollment

"The most conspicuous enrollment growth has been in the graduate
schools of the University. At Chapel Hill and at Raleigh graduate students
now make up approximately one-fifth of the total student population. At
Greensboro where the graduate program emphasizes the master's degree
and where until recently only women were admitted, the number of graduate
students now approaches one-seventh of the total enrollment. Graduate
enrollment at Chapel Hill has increased by more than 15 percent over last
year; at Raleigh the increase has been something over 12 percent. This
rate of increase is imposing some strains upon the resources of the
University. Because gradutat students are the only source of the research
investigators upon which our technological society is so dependent, we
have a responsibility to meet the needs that these increases in enrollment
represent.