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open admissions

noun

Education.
  1. a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of open admissions1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

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“It also happens at schools offering remote learning — any school with easy and open admissions.”

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The third tier — most colleges and universities, most of which have essentially open admissions — are low rungs on the ladder of upward mobility.

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Its expansion tracks the expansion of colleges and universities — most have, effectively, open admissions — that have become intellectually monochrome purveyors of groupthink.

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Grambling had an open admissions policy then, which meant that the school accepted students regardless of how well they performed in high school or on standardized tests, but Ford fidgeted anxiously as she waited.

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“We are not going back on quality. We are not going back to open admissions.”

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