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Senator Augustine seeks baseline 'direct admissions' pathway to keep students in-state
Summary
Sen. Malcolm Augustine presented SB324 to create a baseline direct-admissions program—voluntary for participating institutions—modeled on Common App conditional admission practices to encourage in-state enrollment and use college-and-career readiness standards as part of eligibility.
Sen. Malcolm Augustine told the Senate Appropriations Committee that SB324 would create a baseline direct-admissions program for select Maryland higher-education institutions, modeled after conditional-admission practices used through the Common App.
Augustine said the measure grew from conversations with Coppin State, which has used a Common App direct-admissions mechanism to issue conditional offers when applicants meet…
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