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B RIA N C HEUNG Staff Writer A university proposal that would up the credit cutoffs for class standings will be approved soon and launched in 2015. The proposal was introduced to improve the university’s 4-year graduation rate. It requires undergraduate students to take a minimum of 30 credits per school year to move up to the next class standing.
According to Jan Javinar, the system’s vice president for student affairs, the proposal has not been formally approved, but each campus’ academic affairs department agreed on the credit changes. The proposal will be accepted and announced soon, and it will likely take effect Fall 2015.
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