Open admissions, or open enrollment, is a type of unselective and noncompetitive college admissions process in the United States in which the only criterion for entrance is a high school diploma or a certificate of attendance or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
[4] CUNY's introduction of open admissions to the United States sparked controversy both in politics and academia.
Critics of open admissions included Vice President Spiro Agnew and right-wing journalists Robert Novak and Irving Kristol[5] while its supporters included noted American writing scholar Mina P. Shaughnessy.
[7] Another criticism of CUNY's open admissions model was simply that it would not effect sufficient change for the underprivileged.
However, that rate varies from 89% at colleges that accept less than a quarter of applicants to less than 36% at those with an open admissions policy.