01-28-2025, 01:43 PM
On this forum, a lot of people started using Validential due to their favorable treatment of ENEB/Universidad Isabel I degrees. While I can understand the initial impulse to get a direct Master’s equivalency, the legitimization of Validential was a huge mistake in hindsight. Apart from providing a service to propio graduates, they have since also given favorable treatment to degree mills and attributed accreditation to institutions that never had it in their own countries. This should immediately disqualify them as a serious agency for foreign degree evaluations.
While I personally appreciate what might be referred to as “gray zone qualifications" (Spanish propios arguably fall into this category), what is black and white should remain so. We’re dealing with a black and white situation here. ACLAS has no accreditation. What’s even worse, they don’t even have a license. A company claiming that ACLAS is equivalent to an accredited university makes a mockery of basic standards of honest credential evaluation. This should put an end to any promotion of this company, at least for those of us who care about values like honesty.
While I personally appreciate what might be referred to as “gray zone qualifications" (Spanish propios arguably fall into this category), what is black and white should remain so. We’re dealing with a black and white situation here. ACLAS has no accreditation. What’s even worse, they don’t even have a license. A company claiming that ACLAS is equivalent to an accredited university makes a mockery of basic standards of honest credential evaluation. This should put an end to any promotion of this company, at least for those of us who care about values like honesty.
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