Taking responsibility and leadership has always been a Ball State trademark. For example, in February, just weeks after Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon announced plans to create a new statewide community college system, the Ball State Board of Trustees became the first higher education governing body to formally endorse the plan. We acknowledged that the citizens of Indiana deserve a choice in the kinds of universities available to them. The new community college provides the flexibility for Ball State to admit better prepared students and offer a high quality undergraduate experience comparable to a small, private, expensive college. Our plan is to refer to the new community college some students who might have been admitted five years ago. We will welcome them as transfers after they have demonstrated they are ready for the rigorous study required in our degree programs.

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