ENEB Master Thread

[freeloader]

A degree is a final product that would likely show up on your resume. Confusions and disagreements in this regard are far more serious than differing views about ACE credits, transfer credits, or other intermediary details. The two cannot really be compared.

But this is what evaluators of foreign degrees do—they evaluate the degree and determine its American equivalent, if any.  As I see it, evaluators have 2 options: determine the most equivalent degree/courses/hours for comparison (what they do now) OR only labeling a degree as equivalent or not equivalent.  

Let’s consider one of the most important instances of foreign degrees being evaluated for American equivalent. Many Indian bachelor’s degrees (from high quality B&M universities, mind you) come back evaluated as 3 years of US undergrad study with no degree. Many Indian students earn a master’s degree and those 2 degrees COMBINED evaluate as a US, 4 year bachelor’s. Sure, it may be a little confusing the first time you see it, but you digest it and move on.  Is it your position that evaluators should say an Indian BA is equal to an American degree even if it’s really not equivalent?  If the work for these Indian master’s degrees is really more like senior undergrad work in the US, what should the evaluator do?  Give grad credit/degree for undergrad-level coursework?  Say that legitimate academic study doesn’t count because foreign standards are different than American standards?

It is very easy to be critical, but I would like to know what you propose as an alternative to the current system.