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Graduate School Admission Policy for Degree and Certificate Seeking Students

Description

This policy specifies the admission process for a certificate or degree-seeking graduate student to East Tennessee State University.


Posted on: 3/5/2025
Closes on: 3/19/2025 8:00:00 PM

Primary Documents

Comments

  • There are several definitions with missing ending punctuation.
  • Definition of Legally Protected Class needs to be edited. 
  • 1. General Statements. The number of spaces available in various programs is determined faculty, special resources, and disciplinary accreditation standards.  Insert “by.”
  • 1. General Statements.  If a student does not attend during the first term of admission or if the student’s deferral request is denied, he Offer of Admission is nullified.   Revise “he” to “the.”
  • 3. Admission Requirements. The numbering on the list should start with 3.1.1.1.;  1.1.1. should start with a small “s”; a number is missing from “pays the application fee or qualifies for an approved waiver as outlined in Section 9;”
  • Under 1. General Statements. This point is made - Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree or be in progress of completing a bachelor’s degree to be eligible for admission. This point is also made in 1.1.4. Do you need both?
  • 3.2.2. Any colleges/universities from which a graduate degree was earned or in progress. Insert “is” before “in progress.”
  • 3.2 In rare circumstances, including but not limited to the closure of an institution previously attended by the applicant, the Dean (or designee) of the Graduate School at their discretion may approve alterative verification (for official transcripts) or make other appropriate accommodations. Correct spelling of alternative and add punctuation around “at their discretion”.
  • 3.2.5. International or Domestic applicants must submit an official full transcript report from a NACES-accredited evaluation service for each international institution from which a degree or equivalent is in progress or has been conferred and/or where graduate coursework was taken. The link takes you to a page that “does not exist”.
  • 5. Accepting or Declining Offers of Admission. Applicants who receive an Offer of Admission to ETSU’s Graduate School must indicate that they accept or decline their offer admission following the instructions in the Offer of Admission insert “of” in “their offer of admission”
  • Admission of ETSU Faculty Members as Degree-Seeking Graduate Students. Faculty and staff may be admitted to the Graduate School and a graduate program at ETSU to pursue a degree or certificate. Faculty and staff who hold graduate faculty status may be able to retain graduate faculty status pending a review of potential conflicts. Are these conflicts with graduate faculty status only or are there other conflicts that might exist? Could a definition of conflicts or examples of conflicts be provided?


Commentor: Karin Keith
Submitted on: 3/6/2025 12:26:28 PM
On behalf of: Individual Staff