The Academic Senate recommends that priority registration be given to freshman who participate in the new Summer Orientation Program AND who register for classes under the auspices of that program.

Rationale: The Summer Orientation Program is being reorganized and expanded in an effort to partially address the short- and long-term consequences of entering freshman receiving inappropriate or no directive academic advising. The new program is an attempt to ensure that entering freshmen a) enroll in English and quantitative reasoning courses appropriate to their level of preparation, and b) receive appropriate and timely advising-- from the major for those who have declared one and from faculty in general for those students who have yet to declare a major. Implementation of this program is an attempt to systematically address and effect the timely sequencing of all entering students through a pattern of courses that allows students to achieve the goals and objectives of the General Education Program of CSUS (including graduation requirements) and the goals and objectives of the majors of each student. A brief description of the new program is attached (Dean Gray memo to Department Chairs, February 6--February 15, 1996, Academic Senate Agenda Attachment C). It is understood that not all freshman participating in the new program will have taken the EPT and ELM or received their scores at the time they meet with an advisor. The administrative details of how Academic Affairs will address this problem are still being worked out, and it is with this understanding that the Executive Committee recommends approval.

Carried by the Academic Senate February 15, 1996 and approved by the President February 29, 1996.