ENEB Master Thread

[eLearner]

On the accreditation part, I agree that the employers who know about accreditation and/or care accreditation will make a deal of it. The question is, how many know or care? With so many people with fake degrees getting jobs every day (LinkedIn is filled with them) I tend to think that worrying about how an employer will view a legitimate degree is not worth the energy drain. With foreign degrees my position is (if one has any concern) to get an ECE done, and then make a decision from there on what to do with the degree. It's not expected that the individual will openly disclose the accreditation status of their program except for where there should be a moral obligation like when a person has a fake degree, but in that case if the person has a fake degree and is trying to pass it off he/she isn't very moral to begin with.

It's usually the government employers and the biggest private sector employers that care about accreditation. If some graduates think they'll be interested in working for one of those companies in the future, they should get a regionally or nationally accredited degree from their country. If they have no interest in working for those employers, a titulo propio degree (e.g. ENEB) will probably have the best value.

ENEB is a recognized school that is awarding degrees equivalent to what we consider in the USA as state approved degrees. Therefore, those degrees will be legal to use in the states based on the laws of those individual states.

Example: I completed a master herbalist program at the Academy of Natural Health Sciences. It isn't regionally or nationally accredited, but it's approved by the NJ Department of Education. I knew several alumnis who used their certificates, diplomas, or certifications to get local jobs in the private sector.

Now, if one of them used that credential to apply for a job in a state on the West Coast, I don't know if that credential would be as helpful because some states may have different laws regarding the practice of those health modalities. However, it seems to be useful for some alumni looking to get health related jobs in most of the Mid-Atlantic states. Their program offerings are as affordable as ENEB, but it has its limitations in use (like other state approved and foreign schools).  

Most private sector employers will care about one's university (or technical / trade school) education to an extent if their posted job has that requirement. From the applicant's resume, they'll usually check the website of the school to ensure its existence and ask to see the degree (or diploma / certificate) rather than care about the school's name or its accreditation. They may also do a Google search to learn more about the online public opinions of the school.

Getting a foreign degree evaluation from several evaluators can help you make a good decision on what to do with the degree, but I don't think it's necessary in most cases within the private sector.  

If one wants a degree without any limitations in their field, one should get a regionally or nationally accredited degree in their country. Otherwise, a titulo propio (or state approved degree, diploma, or certificate) is useful as long as one is aware of its limitations.

I'm curious: in the post you replied to, I wrote "FCE" to shorten foreign credential evaluation. But in your reply my quote reads "ECE". Did you edit that?


About evaluations, getting an FCE comes down to what you want to do with your degree. Most people won't need one, but others may want to take advantage of some of the options we've all discussed in the past by having a positive evaluation. 

One other thing to be aware of is that the favor of a foreign school with evaluators can change for the worse in the future. Schools can go from accepted to blacklisted with an evaluator any time. An evaluation is usually good for a number of years, so having an evaluation (and ideally a positive one) while the opportunity is still available can be an insurance policy for the future in case you wind up wanting to later do something you hadn't anticipated during the time when you took the degree program.