FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Ernst
(702) 889-8426

LAS VEGAS –- The Nevada Board of Regents today announced that a public hearing will be held later this month in Las Vegas to discuss plans for increasing admissions standards to the state's two public universities.

The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 27, at 6:30 p.m. in the Foundation Building on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus (4505 Maryland Pkwy.).

At the Regents' last meeting, a plan was presented that would increase the admissions standards for incoming freshmen and transfer students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno. The current proposal would increase the G.P.A. of incoming freshman from 2.5 to 3.0 by 2005. The required G.P.A. for transfer students would increase from 2.0 to 2.5 by 2005.

The Nevada Board of Regents is the elected, 11-member governing body for the University and Community College System of Nevada. Comprising two doctoral granting universities, a state college, four comprehensive community colleges and one internationally acclaimed research institute, the UCCSN serves the educational and job training needs of the nation's fastest growing state. As Nevada's only system of higher education, the UCCSN provides educational opportunities to nearly 100,000 students.