Open enrollment is a mistake.
By eliminating any meaningful standards of admission and continually defining down standards for continuation, the entire meaning and value of a college education has been put in jeopardy for the many who are ready, willing, and able to meet and exceed higher standards. The decline includes admissions standards. We have never seen president Lawrence come up with an effective measure for reversing the outmigration of top students. The Targum recently published an op-ed column by Joseph Mersinger, a Livingston college senior studying for a degree in the Graduate School of Education. The column uses the University of Virginia as a basis of comparison.