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Towson ends policy favoring men applicants.(NEWSWATCH)(Towson University )(Brief article)
Towson University is ending an admissions program designed to attract male students by accepting applicants with low grades but high SAT scores.
As reported by WIHE in December 2006, students in Academic Special Admissions Program (ASAP) met with an advisor regularly, attended two study halls per week and maintained a 2.0 GPA. Men were 85% of the participants.
Towson is canceling the ASAP program because too many of its students dropped out or left school. "The bottom line is, our retention rate in the program is not as high as our overall freshmen retention rate," said Deborah Leather, an associate provost who oversaw ...
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