April 7, 2000

Pennsylvania University System Weighs Admissions Plan Based on Class Rank

By JEFFREY SELINGO

Pennsylvania's state-university system is considering a plan to automatically admit the top 15 percent of graduates from every public high school in the state.

If the system adopts the proposal, Pennsylvania could join a growing number of states that have embraced such class-rank plans to try to increase the enrollment of minority students.

The 14 institutions in the system are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro,

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