Practice question
A Filipino applicant invokes the right to select a course of study to demand unconditional admission, while a university claims an unrestricted right to use arbitrary criteria. Explain why neither position follows the Constitution.
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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