April 22, 2021 Guide to Bogus Institutions and Documents (AACRAO) releases a new publication — Guide to Bogus Institutions and Documents — which highlights the past, current, and future state of fraudulent institutions, diploma mills, and counterfeit documentation. In addition to providing context and history, the authors provide recommendations for combating these issues going forward as many of […]
Alan Saidi
It’s 2021…How do we rebound? Marketing Toolkit for International Education
March 30, 2021 Earlier in March 2021, Laura Sippel, President of Laura Sippel Dynamic Consulting, who also serves on ACEI’s Global Consulting Group as Media & Branding Strategist, presented a webinar on “How do we Rebound? Marketing Toolkit.” The following is a recap of the highlights of her presentation. For a complete recording, please click […]
The World of Habits and Their Upcoming Influence
March 19, 2021 So many things are occurring right now: the vaccine, schools starting face to face instruction, establishments opening, college students adjusting to another class format. The events and changes of the last year have strong emotional and cognitive impacts on students. Although international travel is still very restrictive, some things seem to […]
Zooming in on Armchair Recruitment
In February 2021, ACEI hosted a webinar on the future of international student recruitment. Our presenter was Dmitry Satsuk, Senior International Credential Consultant to ACEI, and Director of International Admissions at Manhattan College. For a complete recording of this webinar presentation, please click here If you think of a worst-case scenario for the international admissions […]
Case Studies in International Education: Collaborative Peer Review Provides Professional Development
February 9, 2021 Case Studies in International Education, known as CSIE, launched its second issue with twenty new case studies covering a variety of topics such as, crisis-management, education policy, partnerships, social justice and more. This second issue included authors from all over the United States as well as Australia and China, bringing together diverse […]
PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
January 7, 2021 Based on Dr. Monique W. Morris’ groundbreaking book of the same name, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools confronts the continuing criminalization and miseducation of Black girls in the United States, who are the fastest-growing population in the juvenile justice system with alarming dropout rates due to this systemic mistreatment. […]
AICE’s Monthly Credential Forum: India’s Choice-Based Credit System Grade Conversion
December 17, 2020 As Director of Marketing and Communications, I attended the AICE Monthly Credential Forum virtual meeting on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Established in 1998, AICE is dedicated to advancing the international credential evaluation profession by developing standards that ensure consistency and accuracy based on expert research. AICE continuously reviews and updates the standards […]
Detecting Fraudulent Academic Credentials
December 8, 2020 (previously posted June 18, 2015) Ensuring the authenticity of educational credentials is by far the single most important step in credential evaluation and international student admissions. Without due diligence in fraud detection, we may run the risk of evaluating documents that may have been falsified, or fraudulently procured and admitting the students […]
Music without Borders: International Relations Made Better by Music
December 3, 2020 We are delighted to share this blog, previously posted on Rhythm Planet by our esteemed guest blogger Tom Schnabel. In this blog, he covers the legendary jazz musician John McLaughlin beginning with his recent performance with a group of international musicians at the Berklee College of Music in its European campus in […]
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