Since the early 1970s, the Chancellor’s Office
has prescribed various admission policies that were based on Board
of Trustee resolutions and/or existing federal and state requirements.
The California State University Office of the University Auditor
concluded a systemwide audit of CSU admission (Audit Report Number
04-13, June 24, 2005) that disclosed that Executive Order No. 88
referenced several provisions of Title 5 of the California Code
of Regulations that had been amended, renumbered, or terminated.
Executive Order No. 962 replaces these outdated references with
current Title 5 regulations as outlined below:
Section 40900, Title 5 of the California Code of
Regulations, General Exceptions
An applicant who is not otherwise eligible for admission as either
a first-time freshman pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section
40751) or as a transfer student with fewer than 60 semester units
commencing with admission to the fall 2005 term pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 40801) may be admitted to a campus
provided that the number of applicants enrolled in the California
State University pursuant to this Section for any college year
shall not exceed four percent of all undergraduate students who
enrolled for the first time in the California State University
during the previous college year exclusive of those who enrolled
after being admitted under the provisions of this article.
From within the four percent limit of all new undergraduates
exclusive of those who enrolled after being admitted under the
provisions of this article, each campus is allocated exceptional
admission “spaces” on a yearly basis. The Chancellor’s
Office will allocate admission exceptions annually on the basis
of campus enrollment needs and histories.
Section 40901, Title 5 of the California Code of
Regulations, Exceptions for Applicants to Special Compensatory
Programs
An applicant who is not otherwise eligible for admission as either
a first-time freshman pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section
40751) or as a transfer student with fewer than 60 semester units
commencing with admission to the fall 2005 term pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 40801) may be admitted to a campus
provided that (s)he is a disadvantaged applicant for whom special
compensatory assistance is available, and provided further that
the number of applicants enrolled in the California State University
pursuant to this Section for any college year shall not exceed
four percent of all undergraduate students who enrolled for the
first time in the California State University during the previous
college year exclusive of those who enrolled after being admitted
under the provisions of this article.
As used in this Section, the term “disadvantaged applicant”
means an applicant who comes from a low-income family, who has
the potential to perform satisfactorily on the college level,
but who has been and appears to be unable to realize that potential
without special assistance because of economic or education background.
From within the four percent limit of all new undergraduates
exclusive of those who enrolled after being admitted under the
provisions of this article, each campus is allocated exceptional
admission “spaces” on a yearly basis. The Chancellor’s
Office will allocate admission exceptions annually on the basis
of campus enrollment needs and histories.
Reporting Requirements
The allocation of exceptional admission spaces under Section
40901 is in addition to the annual allocation made under the provisions
of Section 40900.
- Unless specifically permitted by the Chancellor’s Office
to do otherwise, a campus may not among its new students exceed
the number of allocated exceptionally admitted students on an
annual basis.
- Each campus will report annually to the Chancellor’s
Office on the number of matriculated students who were admitted
under the provisions of General Exceptions and Exceptions for
Applicants to Special Compensatory Programs.
- General admission exceptions (Section 40900) and will be reported
separately from the exceptional admission to Exceptions for Applicants
to Special Compensatory Programs (Section 40901).
- Additional reports regarding admission exceptions may be required.
