Yesterday I had the displeasure of overhearing a colleague
from Puerto Rico have a conversation with a representative of a certain
private, for profit institution that will remain unnamed. My colleague was
applying to the university's Master of Education program. The representative
asked him a few demographic and background information questions along the
lines of "Do you have a B.A.?" and "Do you have professional experience? "
Once the first round of questions was completed, they forwarded his call to the
admissions office. There, they asked the same routine questions, with an
additional one on top: "where did you obtain your bachelor's degree?"
My colleague answered "The University of Puerto Rico." This is when
the representative at the other side of the line said "I'm sorry, we only
accept students with bachelor's degrees from accredited universities."
