06-10-2024, 07:34 PM
I would take the email UMPI sent to ecdw94 saying that they accept University of the People degrees, attach that in a PDF and make reference to it in the email, and I would also attach this https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2020/03/....26.19.pdf and make reference to that as well.
The NA-RA paradigm is dead. It's over, and this is an example of why it should be dead. One could get a degree from a random school in a foreign country whose quality is no better than (and many being worse than) a school like UoP, get an RA equivalent evaluation from an FCE and get admitted to UMPI, but wouldn't be able to get admitted using a degree from a legitimately accredited U.S. school sitting on our own soil, whose accreditation is backed by the U.S. Department of Education. Sorry, but that is just plain ridiculous and shouldn't be happening.
Make UMPI aware of the NA-RA paradigm being dead, and challenge their position.
The NA-RA paradigm is dead. It's over, and this is an example of why it should be dead. One could get a degree from a random school in a foreign country whose quality is no better than (and many being worse than) a school like UoP, get an RA equivalent evaluation from an FCE and get admitted to UMPI, but wouldn't be able to get admitted using a degree from a legitimately accredited U.S. school sitting on our own soil, whose accreditation is backed by the U.S. Department of Education. Sorry, but that is just plain ridiculous and shouldn't be happening.
Make UMPI aware of the NA-RA paradigm being dead, and challenge their position.