Editor,
Discrimination can take many different forms, but there is no question every form is damaging - especially when a public university is perpetrating it.
I am amazed at the level of incompetence in the administration of UNM's nursing program and the lack of oversight by UNM's administrators. The plain fact is that the College of Nursing discriminates against out-of-state students.
Out-of-state students are held to a much greater standard for admittance - UNM puts up road blocks and makes statements such as, "As long as you are an out-of-state resident, you will never be accepted into our program." All this is after you were encouraged to enroll and transfer to UNM.
Here is an idea: Why doesn't UNM expand its nursing program to include out-of-state students? Out-of-state students pay tuition, raise the standards and provide more diversity.
At the very least, UNM has a responsibility not to encourage students to start down a path with them that leads to a brick wall. This is my third child who I am putting through college, and it's confusing enough without all the deception. We have been damaged financially and had our time wasted by UNM.
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I certainly understand a state college protecting and sheltering some of its programs for the benefit of lesser-qualified, in-state students. However, where do you draw the line?
New Mexico gives out lottery scholarships to residents, and, for example, the majority of UNM's nursing program's spots go to in-state residents.
What a great message to send our future leaders - "New Mexico is going to pay for you to go to college, and we're going to shelter you from competing with the rest of the country."
I can go on and on pointing out the errors, lies and deception from UNM. However, it's time to pack my daughter up and send her to a different university.
Paul Bedoe
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