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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Oklahoma Educators:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>This is a very important email as it gives </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>new</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Dela Cruz, Jr., Jose <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:oacrao-l@lists.onenet.net">oacrao-l@lists.onenet.net</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Outon, Miranda<br><b>Subject:</b> EOI Exams and College Admission </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>OACRAO Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Students who do not successfully complete the required number of end of instruction exams (EOI) and are not a high school graduate, but whose high school class has graduated are eligible for admission into community colleges using policy section 3.9.6.C.2. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Council on Instruction (COI) Admission/Retention/Transfer (ART) committee recognizes that students in some areas of the state may have limited access to community colleges due to geographical location; therefore, the consensus of the COI ART committee for regional and research institutions is that these institutions may admit students who do not successfully complete the required number of EOIs via the alternative admission category [institutions may admit up to 8 percent of freshman or 50 freshman, whichever is higher, who do not meet regular admission criteria] <u>OR</u> the president may request to the Chancellor an exception to policy 3.9.4.A1 [research] or 3.9.4.B1 [regional]. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>IMPORTANT NOTE:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Oklahoma's Promise students will not be eligible to use the scholarship at any institution without having graduated from high school. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>State Regents’ staff and the COI ART committee will continue to monitor the issue as graduation approaches and keep the OACRAO membership informed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please do not hesitate in contacting our office if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>José<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#804000'>Mr. José Dela Cruz</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#804000'>Coordinator -- Academic Affairs Projects</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#804000'>Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>