Validential

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I have increasing doubts about the expertise of Validential evaluators. I was recently looking at a sample of a Canadian equivalency course-by-course evaluation. I was struck by the fact that they use terminology that would not normally be utilized by people who are competent in the intricacies of the Canadian system of higher education. In the sample "Canadian equivalency evaluation" that was conducted by Validential (see here; https://eiu.ac/u-s-canada-equivalency-samples/), the company refers to to "regionally accredited universities in Canada." This sounds odd to me, as there is no such thing as regional accreditation in Canada. Why would they use that kind of terminology?

Here is a nice explanation of the Canadian system:

"Use of the Term "Accredited"
Canada does not have a national or regional accreditation system for post-secondary institutions and therefore educational jurisdictions, except in some limited circumstances, do not normally employ the term "accredited" to denote provincially authorized or recognized institutions." (source: https://www.bccat.ca/system/quality)

They could have talked about recognized Canadian institutions of higher education.

How could you compare a foreign qualification to something that doesn't even exist in Canada?