12-12-2021, 06:55 PM
(12-12-2021, 01:52 AM)ashkir Wrote: Honestly in a large swath of the United States a religious school has a tremendous advantage when your field is owned by conservatives.
I honestly am happy with my RA master's but, for a doctorate I don't really care for NA or RA. I took a look at the state university in my city, and all the colleges (7+). All of their professorship hires don't mention an RA degree. NA degrees are acceptable, because of the Department of Education's equal ground ruling. The stigma will go away. But, we also must do our parts as tomorrow's leaders and hiring managers to do apart with that distinguish.
Now that you've pointed it out, I agree that a degree from this school may provide certain advantages. As for the whole "NA v. RA" debate, we are, in fact, being told by the Feds that we should think in terms of "institutional accreditation." I don't feel strongly one way or the other about that conflict. The Feds have rules, the States have rules, the accrediting agencies have rules. At this moment I am happy to let them all do their jobs, make their decisions, etc.