Why would a Spanish University not have a .edu

Duuh... Got it, now. Thanks.

 

Some notable exceptions of foreign universities having .edu and not as a grandfathered provision would be the foreign universities with US based accreditation. Athabasca.edu (redirects to athabasca.ca) and openuniversity.edu are the two most prominent examples that pop into mind. As Steve notes, the .edu is not conferred after determining US equivalency. If you have accreditation by a USDOE recognized accreditor then you're eligible. If you don't then you're not. So if you don't have USDOE recognized accreditation and do have the .edu it's because you obtained that domain before the accreditation rule. So it's no different than how Atlantic International University acquired its domain extension.

 

Atlantic International - weird name for a school that's smack in the middle of the Pacific - in the Pioneer Plaza, Honolulu, Hawaii IIRC.

 

Well yeah, that's the "International" part. It just sort of loops back around.

 

In Spain, degrees are awarded either by the federal government or the university where the coursework was done. The degrees awarded by the gov't are the Titulo Oficial degrees and can be used to work for the gov't and for pursuing a PhD. The degrees awarded by the university, itself, is the Titulo Propio and is used in private industry. It's more like a professional masters, NOT a vocational degree, and isn't intended to prepare someone to pursue a doctorate. It also can't be used to obtain employment with the Spanish government, because the gov't wants people to have the degrees that are awarded from itself.

In the United States, degrees are awarded from the university or college where the coursework was done -- the federal gov't doesn't award degrees. Spain has a different system, but it's just as legitimate as ours. Different doesn't mean illegal. It would be a different story if Isabel I degrees were not recognized as legal and couldn't be used in Spain, but they are. All of this has been explained more than once between this forum and the other one. What exactly is it that you're trying to figure out?

 

Real talk... I almost printed up my own graduate degree. I legitimately have 30+ RA graduate semester hours, enough for a 1-year masters degree. Most of the credits are from the same school in the same major. The school eliminated my degree program while I was out on a medical leave of absence to have major surgery. If I'd tried to transfer to a new school, I would've had to start over because the max credits I could transfer in would be 9. So, I came ==>thisclose<== to faking a diploma. It just looks better on a resume to say you have an MA in Underwater Basketweaving than writing the whole spiel about "successfully earned __ semester credit hours in the following graduate-level courses: Fundamentals of Basketweaving, SCUBA for Basketweaving, Grass Classification for Basketweaving" and etc.

If I called on it, I would have admitted that I didn't have an awarded degree but I did, actually, have the coursework completed and could provide official transcripts. But, I fought the urge. And, now I'm going to earn a real MBA + Masters in International Trade. If my Venezuelan friend in Colombia doesn't have time to help me with the Business Spanish cert, I'll get a tutor from Fiverr or YouTube. Yes, language tutors are on Fiverr now. I have an "accredited" 160 hour cert in TEFL (also caught a Groupon deal) and when I saw that on Fiverr I thought about putting my services on there too, LOL.

 

Buena suerte. Estoy seguro de que tendrás un gran éxito. (Good luck. I'm sure you will have great success.)

 

Nothing. If you read through the thread (seems you may not have) I was trying to discern the level of recognition of the school but between the 24 pages from Degreeforum and Steve (plus a couple of others) I had what I needed answered. Sounds like an offer that is very difficult to pass up and I wish you well as I did on your initial post.

 

Hello!


There war once on coursera an online course in underwater basket weaving as an April Fool's joke. It was not taken well, however, the video is still online:


Best regards,
Mac Juli

 

That's hilarious!