CUNY Academic Commons

Starting a new ticket for this since it's not related to the origin of this question, which was in another (now closed) ticket.

Matt left a comment on redmine regarding CUNY undergrads not being allowed to create accounts on the commons. At the time I didn't think much of this since I figured I'd forego the buddypress features and just focus on the course blog. However, I was planning on using the group blog as a space for students to create content, but it looks like that is not an option unless they are members of the commons as well.

I just wanted to confirm that this is the case before I move my site to another host :/

Thanks!