1: Membership, Election, Tenure

1.1: Membership of the Committee shall consist of five elected Faculty members, one each from arts/humanities, math/natural sciences, and social sciences; the Chief Admissions Officer (nonvoting); the Director of Financial Aid (nonvoting); the Director of Institutional Research and Planning (nonvoting); the Director of Athletics (nonvoting); two undergraduates, one male, one female, one of whom should be from a minority group. (Passed October 19, 1976; Revised March 17, 1987; December 12, 1989; May 11, 2004; March 13, 2007)

2: Jurisdiction, Obligations, Procedures

2.1: The Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid shall be the principal instrument of Faculty participation in the formulation and implementation of College policies on admissions and financial aid. Pursuant to this general function, the Committee has the following primary responsibilities:

2.2: Maintaining a continuous review of admissions and financial aid policies;

2.3: Assisting, where possible, the Admissions Office in the development of recruitment strategies, in particular strategies that enlist the aid of Faculty and students;

2.4: Recommending, from time to time, specific admissions and financial aid policies and objectives to the Faculty for its approval and transmission to the President for adoption;

2.5: Reporting to the Faculty in writing at least once each academic year.

In addition, the Committee shall:

2.6: Identify conditions within the College which might adversely affect the function of either or both of the two offices and, when necessary, recommend to the President or to the appropriate officer or body measures which, in the judgment of the Committee, would improve the capacity of the offices to meet their objectives;

2.7: Inform itself about trends or activities external to the College which might influence the work of the two offices and the policies they pursue;

2.8: Help inform the staff of each office about academic opportunities available at Trinity and about important academic and intellectual achievements of Faculty and undergraduates;

2.9: Review available publications and other materials prepared by or for the Admissions and Financial Aid Offices to be distributed to potential applicants and secondary schools;

2.10: Assist, from time to time, with evaluations of the undergraduate experience as it affects admissions recruitment.

(Passed October 19, 1976; revised March 13, 1990 and March 13, 2007 )