Practice question
A Filipino applicant fails a university's stipulated fair, reasonable and equitable admission and academic requirements. He argues that paying an application fee gives him an unconditional constitutional right to admission. Which answer is correct?
- Payment does not eliminate lawful admission standards or the institution's protected admission judgment
- Every application fee guarantees enrollment
- No higher-learning institution may choose its students
- Only the applicant may set academic requirements
- The Constitution permits any arbitrary criterion so long as a fee is charged
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XIV, Section 5(2) and (3), academic freedom and educational choice: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Ateneo de Manila University v. Capulong, G.R. No. 99327, May 27, 1993, main decision, institutional academic freedom and student discipline: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/may1993/gr_99327_1993.html
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