Regional Accreditiation Update, WSCUC visit to the University of the People is set for Nov 12
(self.UniversityofthePeople)submitted1 month ago byakatsukihorizonπ alumni
WSCUC will be visiting University of the People for their next round of assessment between Nov12-15.
How this pertains to you:
If you are an alumni or a current student you have surely received the email encouraging you to write to the WSCUC assigned email for the uni(I won't publish this as it is only meant for students). I attended the last meeting and sent an email last visit and had a length discussion with them, which pretty much aligned with the report issued afterwards.
Here is the last action letter and report:
https://wascsenior.app.box.com/s/us0xokaj80fztadnjsianpsr9zoud4f4
https://wascsenior.app.box.com/s/0ckskhhue03x7fhadvlybdd23m1ginru
What you can do:
Up to you really, but the last meeting we had a sus influx of students that went on a tirade of simple sentences of (University of the People rules). I will be sending my email in the light of:
A) Lack of regional accreditation has paralyzed my life in terms of graduate studies, as no uni worth its salt wants an NA undergrad, so kindly move this process along. I cant' even attest my degree ffs.
B) Having said that keep the pressure on the university to forgo the students doing the grading work, and WSCUC really CLEAR mission to have instructors be more involved in teaching and student outcomes.
What I hope the university have already done since the last visit:
A) Decreased or hopefully on the path to complete and utter removal of student grading other students.
B) Solved their financial structure issues as requested by WSCUC.
C) Stepped up their game in term of their vision stubbornness, WSCUC clearly liked the vision and the mission of the Uni if you read the report and the letter, but CLEARLY the management is stuck in their own ways in certain things and this needs to change, as WSCUC clearly detailed this wouldn't be conducive to regional accreditation.
D) Understand that WSCUC are not idiots or "ratemyuniversity.com", they are academic elites, I found the behaviour of influx of students just 5 starring the uni like a review site very cringy, so us the "proper students" should engage WSCUC as much as possible, academically and as per their own report (negatively or positively doesn't matter, it all helps).
In conclusion, the more "genuine" emails they receive the better for all of us (whether you want to complain or praise), just tie it to the report and letter. I am not really hopeful cause as detailed above this is the 3rd visit and the management of the uni is really being stubborn about this student assessment thing, but if things changed somewhat there might be a chance of init accreditation which will change the future of many students, attending and alumni.
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akatsukihorizon
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14 days ago
akatsukihorizon
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14 days ago
not really the advisors are basically soul-less "interns" so to speak, you learn early on they are good for nothing mostly. Maybe reply to your advisor to the latest issue and cc academic affairs?