%0 Journal Article %T Open Universities: You do not need a high school diploma to get into university %A Carlo Ricci %J Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning %D 2008 %I Nipissing University %X In this paper I hope to empower students by exposing the myth that a high school diploma is a necessary first step to getting into a post secondary institution. In what follows, I will be sharing a brief history of open universities, give an example of an open university in a specific context and celebrate its policies, and continue to challenge some more myths about the importance of a high school diploma for success in post secondary schooling. %U http://www.nipissingu.ca/jual/Archives/v213/v2131.pdf