Idaho OKs Direct Path To College

Being admitted to college may have just gotten a little easier for many of Idaho’s high school seniors. Members of the Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday during a meeting in Meridian to conditionally admit high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA to any of the state’s eight public universities and colleges. The proposal also includes conditional admittance for students whose GPA and SAT scores equal 2,835 or higher when multiplied. Thursday’s 8-0 vote set the GPA and SAT score benchmarks for the direct admission initiative, which was previously presented to board members at their meeting in June. The initiative is intended to take a proactive approach to admitting and enrolling high school seniors to college in an effort to increase the number of students earning a post-secondary education/ Elizabeth Rudd , Lewiston Tribune. More here .