Thanks for the link. Yea we are back to that. I understand adding degrees is dicey, can see the argument both ways.
Adding a few more exceptions to give us a better chance at being competetive seems reasonable though. Again, once you accept the fact that they are all exceptions. You're really talking about exceptions to the arbitrary and significantly lower standards when compared to the regular students.
My argument and i didn't articulate it well is that not having these exceptions when we've had them for years doesn't seem to stem from anything logical. Sounds more like a political issue within the university.
On a side note, why can't we use this more with athletes:
http://www.iac.gatech.edu/academics/undergraduate-programs/certificates