Deans Favor Plan To Admit Seniors To Grad Courses

Deans of three graduate schools last night expressed approval of the Educational Policy committee's recommendation to allow qualified College seniors to take graduate courses for graduate school credit.

The advance standing report recommends that a qualified student "may devote as much of his fourth year as he chooses in our Graduate School of Arts and Sciences." This and the admission of eleventh-graders to the College would enable some students to enroll in graduate schools at a younger age.

Dean Edward S. Mason of the School of Public Administration urged the extension of this to include other schools. "We would like very much to have some undergraduates as students," he said.

GSAS Pleased

Associate Dean Reginald H. Phelps of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences echoed Dean Mason's approval of the plan. He felt that "one year of age really didn't make much difference if a man were prepared for graduate work."

Livingston Hall, vice-dean of the Law School, did not know what the Law School's reaction to the adoption of the advance standing plan would be. "At present," he said, "a college degree is prerequisite for Law School admission."

The Medical School now had a plan which admits younger men. "We take people in terms of their achievement, not how many months they have spent in college," said Dean George P. Berry.