Deep concerns over TSU fall enrollment now verified

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Seems that email below from Dean Maddox sent to faculty raises our concerns as well.  How bad is our enrollment exactly?  
And are the policies being proposed really such a good idea considering the law school admissions scandal in which students were admitted into programs they were not qualified, one student whom may have been the final nail in former Provost Harris's career coffin?  And precipitated King Lane’s ultimate departure? 


From: "Maddox,  Gregory H" <Gregory.Maddox@tsu.edu>
Date: July 6, 2021 at 5:17:39 PM CDT
To: "Vanjani, Mahesh" <Mahesh.Vanjani@tsu.edu>, "Adams, Daniel C." <Daniel.Adams@tsu.edu>, "Adams, Michael O" <Michael.Adams@tsu.edu>, "Bailey, Danita" <Danita.Bailey@tsu.edu>, "Baker, David" <David.Baker@tsu.edu>, "Benson, Michon" <Michon.Benson@tsu.edu>, "Cavil, Jafus" <Jafus.Cavil@tsu.edu>, "Chaudhuri, Nupur" <Nupur.Chaudhuri@tsu.edu>, "Christophe, Antoinette" <Antoinette.Christophe@tsu.edu>, "Davis-Gonzales, Delilah" <Delilah.Gonzales@tsu.edu>, "Desai, Mayur" <Mayur.Desai@tsu.edu>, "Douglas, Denika" <Denika.Douglas@tsu.edu>, "Evans, Charlene" <Charlene.Evans@tsu.edu>, "Ewoh, Andrew" <Andrew.Ewoh@tsu.edu>, "Fisher, Dwalah" <Dwalah.Brown-Fisher@tsu.edu>, "Flowers, Courtney" <Courtney.Flowers@tsu.edu>, "Good, Sonya" <Sonya.Good@tsu.edu>, "Haynes-Mays, Ingrid" <Ingrid.Haynes@tsu.edu>, "Holmes, Roderick" <Roderick.Holmes@tsu.edu>, "Jackson, Desiree" <Desiree.Jackson@tsu.edu>, "Jackson, Kenneth" <Kenneth.Jackson@tsu.edu>, "Johnson, Glenn" <Glenn.Johnson@tsu.edu>, "Kazakos, Demetrios" <Demetrios.Kazakos@tsu.edu>, "Lancaster, Iris" <Iris.Lancaster@tsu.edu>, "Li, Wei" <Wei.Li@tsu.edu>, "Lihono, Makuba" <Makuba.Lihono@tsu.edu>, "Majumdar, Sarmistha" <Sarmistha.Majumdar@tsu.edu>, "Mosley, Erma" <Erma.Mosley@tsu.edu>, "Mutakabbir, Yoruba" <Yoruba.Mutakabbir@tsu.edu>, "Nichols, Zantel" <Zantel.Nichols@tsu.edu>, "Perkyns, Jane" <Jane.Perkyns@tsu.edu>, "Player, Audrey" <Audrey.Player@tsu.edu>, "Qi, Yi" <Yi.Qi@tsu.edu>, "Qiao, Fengxiang" <Fengxiang.Qiao@tsu.edu>, "Rasmus, Monica" <Monica.Rasmus@tsu.edu>, "Ratliff, Candy" <Candy.Ratliff@tsu.edu>, "Shelton, Andrea" <Andrea.Shelton@tsu.edu>, "Shishodia, Shishir" <Shishir.Shishodia@tsu.edu>, "Smith, Jacqueline" <Jacqueline.Smith@tsu.edu>, "Smith, Sheri" <Sheri.Smith@tsu.edu>, "Solitare, Laura" <Laura.Solitare@tsu.edu>, "Todd, Reginald" <Reginald.Todd@tsu.edu>, "Ulasi, Christian" <Christian.Ulasi@tsu.edu>, "Williams, Warren" <Warren.Williams@tsu.edu>, "Xie, Huan" <Huan.Xie@tsu.edu>
Cc: "Boutte-Queen, Needha" <Needha.Boutte-Queen@tsu.edu>, "Brown, Rockell" <Rockell.Brown@tsu.edu>, "Kieh, George" <George.Kieh@tsu.edu>, "Mosavin, Rashid" <Rashid.Mosavin@tsu.edu>, "Peltier-Glaze, Bernnell" <Bernnell.Peltier-Glaze@tsu.edu>, "Saydam, Azime" <Azime.Saydam@tsu.edu>, "Yen, David" <David.Yen@tsu.edu>, "Poats, Lillian" <Lillian.Poats@tsu.edu>, "Smith, Leddie" <Leddie.Smith@tsu.edu>, "McKinney, Teresa" <Teresa.McKinney@tsu.edu>, "Smith, Heidi M." <Heidi.Smith@tsu.edu>
Subject: Guidance on Graduate Admissions

Dear Colleagues:
As some of you may be aware our new leadership is deeply concerned regarding potential Fall 2021 enrollment and has made it a priority to boost enrollment to the extent possible. To that end please see the following directives:

  • All pending Fall 2021 applications that are complete are to be processed immediately.
  • Unofficial copies of Transcripts and/or Transcript evaluations can be used to make an admission decision. Such admitted applicants will be admitted conditionally with a requirement to submit official transcripts/transcript evaluations by December 01, 2021
  • If any Master’s program needs to relax any current rules regarding admission such as the requirement of a GRE score may do so with the following caveats:
    • There will be no change in the TOEFL/IELTS requirement for International applicants.
    • There will be no change in the minimum GPA requirements.
    • The Graduate School must be notified of any change via email to Dr. Vanjani and myself.
    • Any changes must be made available to all applicants.
    • Programs waiving the GRE will need to submit a plan for applicants to satisfy the English Proficiency requirement.

Please implement these actions immediately.  Thank you. 

Gregory H. Maddox, Ph.D.

Dean of the Graduate School

Director of International Programs

Professor of History


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