Texas Southern To End Open Admissions?

According to a staff writer of the Houston Chronicle, Texas Southern University should discontinue its open admission policy.

In Raise the bar / It's time for Texas Southern University to end open admissions, it states that having an open admission policy have lowered standards for TSU. More than half of freshmen are entering TSU with little preparation, which many students to drop out.

Because students are unprepared, professors are forced to lower standards or fail in large numbers.

Along with large fail rate and lowered standards, students are enrolling only to collect grant money. They enroll in courses and never intend in attend class.

At TSU, only 16 percent of students graduate in six years.

Although these facts may be true, not having an open admission policy may not raise TSU's credibility.

Another option may be to have a more strict standard for admissions. Maybe, the current policy is just in need for a tweak, rather than a complete change.

Having a more strict standard for admissions will allow only students with a sense of desire to receive a degree at TSU.