Due to a slight decline in enrollment numbers, many business schools are accepting applicants straight from their undergraduate programs - without any business experience. Online MBA programs are following suit, making it possible for a fresh college graduate to choose from a variety of schools.

Some argue that these open enrollment policies can be detrimental to the inexperienced student. An eLearners.com blogger puts it this way:

"...Would an MBA program really be suitable for someone who has little to no professional experience from which to apply the new knowledge that an MBA imparts? Will these new students have anything at all to offer their peers in the area of applied skills and decision making other than enthusiasm? Of course anyone who has read my blog for any length of time knows that I am a huge proponent of the open enrollment concept by and large but I do not for a second believe that everything that is permissible is also beneficial.

I have found that in my own MBA program I have drawn substantially from my peers in the areas that I am weak. Especially in Economics and Accounting whereas since I have years of experience in management I have had quite a bit to offer my peers along those lines. My classes have largely been filled with representatives from every corner of society, men, women, white, black, poor, rich, experienced, inexperienced, young and old we've had them all. I have read discussion posts in the areas of management (where I am strong) and been able to immediately see a fellow student struggling to apply a real world concept to their own decision making through no fault of their own, they just tend to be inexperienced."

What do you think? Should online MBA programs offer open enrollment or should they limit their courses to those with experience?