What are your perceptions on WNMU?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by SurfDoctor, Feb 4, 2012.

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  1. Neuhaus

    Neuhaus Well-Known Member

    The community college where I teach is part of the SUNY system. Some CCs in New York are part of SUNY. Some are part of CUNY. Many are independent of any larger system. None of them have a standard "you need x number of credits in a subject to teach subject x." Nor or academic appointments, at any level, dependent upon the subject on your diploma. My school has a person teaching in the history department with his highest degree being an MBA. The reason is that his specialty is the history of commerce and he's published extensively on the topic. So, no, he wasn't at a competitive disadvantage against someone with an MA in History, particularly because his specialty offered the department the opportunity to create an interdisciplinary offering that more students (in this case, business majors) would be interested in.

    I'm sorry for your traumatic experience. However, while you have the right to be offended you, generally speaking, do not have the right to NOT be offended. You are absolutely justified in being offended. But if the professor had an academic reason (and professors are given considerable leeway in deterring that line) for showing those images then there is nothing you can do. If I'm offended by, say, a political group on campus that doesn't mean that the campus is obligated to shut them down to satisfy me. And just being "offensive" is seldom a valid reason to restrict academic freedom.

    No, you didn't. For starters, no reputable program is going to promise you acceptance of graduate credits based solely on grade. At the undergrad level? Sure. But at the graduate level it isn't uncommon to be asked for course descriptions and syllabi before the program faculty make a decision to accept transfer credits. At the undergrad level, this is usually a largely administrative function because English Comp 1 is English Comp 1, Graduate Seminar in American History can mean different things at different universities.

    Second, while it is possible that you found some schools willing to accept 12 credits, the only MA in History I've found that advertises such a liberal transfer policy would be APUS, a school I have experience with as a graduate student. And they, too, would not have told you that your credits would all transfer by virtue of your grade.

    You may very well have spoken to schools and been told that your courses may transfer. But no school told you they will transfer unless you already applied, provided them with ample documentation and waited for their review.

    But, I doubt you did any of that. Just as I doubt you were pulling straight A's until a pornography obsessed professor derailed your plans to graduate. You're free to prove me wrong, mind you. If you want to post some proof of your ridiculous claims I'd be thrilled to publicly recant my calling you a likely liar.
     

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