Appendix: Admission Policy (5.1)

Admission - Policy (5.1)

Admission at the Community Colleges shall be as follows:

1. Applicants for admission to a Community College should present evidence of graduation from an approved secondary school or should have been awarded a state high school diploma or its equivalent, or be qualified under the provisions of Board Policy 5.1.5 - Home Schooled Students.
2. An applicant should have such maturity and other qualities which indicate an ability to profit from a program offered by the college.
3. Applicants meeting these qualifications should be admitted to the limits indicated by available funds and space, and applications received beyond these limitations should be placed on a waiting list.
4. The college president may grant a special waiver of these requirements for individuals.
5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever in the judgment of the college president the admission, readmission or registration for any course, whether credit or non-credit, of any person as a student would constitute an unreasonable threat to the safety of the people, the security of property or the integrity of academic processes or functions of the college, such person may be denied admission or readmission to the college or registration for the course.

(Adopted March 21, 1966; readopted May 17, 1966; amended May 10,
1971, April 18, 2005, December 17, 2007)