Virginia University of Lynchburg Accreditation on Warning

[eLearner]

In my mind, this isn't about you Dr. Smith! This is about a Virginia school accepting graduate credits that were evaluated at the bachelor level by a NACES-approved evaluator that were counted towards the 90 graduate credit requirements for the award of a doctoral degree in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is not a national issue but a state policy developed by the Virginia Council on Higher Education. I'm positive all these evaluators have disclaimers saying the institution, government, education board, employer, etc., may reserve the right to accept or reject their evaluation. VUL accepted it. However, I'm not convinced that the Virginia Council of Higher Education, upon audit, will accept it towards their 90 graduate credit requirements for the issuance of a doctoral degree in the Commonwealth of Virginia. I hope I am wrong.

You are wrong. Virginia is not going to care. No school is obligated to accept evaluations only from NACES members. NACES is not the only valid oversight in that field, btw. Most schools use WES as the go-to evaluator, sure, but schools have the right to accept or reject whatever they want. Admission requirements have flexibility, as they should.

This is about a Virginia school accepting graduate credits that were evaluated at the bachelor level by a NACES-approved evaluator...

That is meaningless. A different evaluator deemed it as Master's level and the school accepted that. It's a done deal.