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CSUN increases the number of impacted majors

Dede Ogbueze • January 18, 2017

CSUN has added several new majors to its list of impacted departments in order to control the amount of incoming students and better manage the resources available to current students. Starting fall...

Non-local transfer students face stricter admission requirements

Non-local transfer students face stricter admission requirements

Contributor • January 25, 2016

By Javier Cabrera, Maria Cortez and Wendy Paniagua Transferring has always been the goal for Rio Hondo College student Carolina Live. Like many of her friends at community college, Live finished...

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Do below average test scores affect college admission?

Eliset Zapien • October 15, 2015

Standardized tests aim to provide accurate snapshots of a student's achievement and new results released from the Department of Education early in September reveal only 44 percent of students scored at...

Student activists rally against impaction rules

Lauren Rife • April 21, 2015

A "Teach-In" rallying against impaction by the Activist Student Coalition took place in front of the Oviatt Library Tuesday afternoon. The event's purpose was to educate students on impaction and what...

William Watkins, left, clarifies steps of impaction with Dwayne Cantrell, director of student outreach and recruitment, Vice Provost Micheal Neubauer, and Elizabeth Adams, associate vice president of undergraduate studies, at the final public community hearing at Moorpark College on March 11. Photo credit: Saffana Hijaz

Final public hearing on impaction addresses Ventura County concerns

Saffana Hijaz • March 12, 2015

The final community public hearing on CSUN impaction was held at Moorpark College, and spoke to all of Ventura County and underrepresented schools in the area that would suffer from the proposal. The...

Vice President for Student Affairs William Watkins discusses the impaction plan at the first public hearing. (The Sundial Photo)

Impaction: CSUN president uses first in a series of community meetings to address impaction concerns

Saffana Hijaz • March 7, 2015

Vice President of Academic Affairs Willaim Watkins and President Dianne Harrison hosted the first in a series of community hearings about CSUN's impaction plan on Thursday at Nordoff Hall. The impaction...

CSUN develops impaction measures for 2016-2017

Saffana Hijaz • February 25, 2015

CSUN plans to lower the population of students by one percent in the next four years, President Diane Harrison said in an email last week.It was said at the recent faculty senate meeting that the details...

Admission requirement changes to take place by Fall 2016

Antione Bowman • February 18, 2015

CSUN President Dianne Harrison announced a proposal on Monday that would enact enrollment impaction on undergraduate programs beginning in the fall 2016 semester. The stated goal of impaction, which is...

Faculty Senate’s first meeting of semester speaks on policy changes and impaction

Saffana Hijaz • February 12, 2015

The Faculty Senate held their first meeting of the spring semester on Thursday, Feb. 12. "We help make policies for our students," said Terri Lisagor, secretary of Faculty senate. "It's all about open...

Freshmen admission to decrease in the of Fall 2011

Reanna Delgadillo • October 13, 2010

The Undergraduate Studies program has taken on the task of reducing the number of first time freshmen by declaring impaction. CSUN, along with many other CSU’s, are enforcing new eligibility requirements...

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