Reconsidering Open Enrollment

by E Wayne Ross on February 27, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Reconsidering Open Enrollment

Two historically black colleges that have long been open to any student who graduates high school or passes an equivalency test could be changing their admissions policies if their presidents get their way.

George T. French Jr., president of Miles College, in Alabama, has charged a task force with reviewing the institution’s open enrollment policy with the aim of “creating a more stringent, selective admissions process,” according to a statement from French.