0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 26
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          CARLOS R. CISNEROS
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0009|     
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE NEW PRESIDENTS OF ALL PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY
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0012|     EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO PREPARE ACADEMIC ADVISORY PLANS
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0013|     FOR IMPROVING RATES OF STUDENT RETENTION AND SUBMIT THOSE
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0014|     PLANS TO THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION FOR REVIEW.
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0016|          WHEREAS, education is of critical importance to the
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0017|     welfare and economy of New Mexico; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, the success of students enrolled in post-
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0019|     secondary educational institutions directly affects the state
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0020|     economy; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, the commission on higher education is dedicated
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0022|     to improving the standards and access to post-secondary
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0023|     education for all New Mexicans; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, the legislature is concerned with improving the
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0025|     performance of public post-secondary educational institutions
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0001|     and the retention and completion rates of students; 
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0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that new presidents of the public post-
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0004|     secondary educational institutions be requested to prepare
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0005|     academic advisory plans for improving rates of student
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0006|     retention and, within sixty days of assuming their offices, to
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0007|     submit their plans for review to the commission on higher
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0008|     education by June 1, 1998; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0010|     transmitted to the president of each post-secondary
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0011|     educational institution and to the executive director of the
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0012|     commission on higher education.
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