March 2nd, 2018 After successfully piloting the European Qualifications Passport for Refugees in 2017, the Council of Europe has decided to scale up the project and is preparing the launch of a 3-year project for 2018-2020 under the Action Plan
February 16th, 2018 Something amazing and unprecedented has happened across the Atlantic. The Council of Europe will recognize the education qualifications of refugees who have fled their homelands with little or no documentation. The Council of Europe launched the project
February 9th, 2018 The reports are coming in, and they each speak of declines in the number of international students at U.S. institutions of higher education (HEIs). Panic has set in and decisions based on panic never turn out
February 2nd, 2018 The ultimate stigmatization. The curse thrown across both sides of the aisle. It seems that the phrase “politically correct” may need a defender in the current climate and I’m happy to fill that role. I say
January 26th, 2018 Diploma mills and misrepresentation of academic documents continues to be a growing problem in countries around the world. The BBC 4 recently reported on the serious problem of diploma mills and the large number of fake degrees
January 18th, 2018 Now that we have 2017 behind us, we’d like to take a look at the countries in the African continent, in Latin America and India and learn a little more about some of them. We realize
January 12th, 2018 When I read in a recent NYT’s article that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has decided to ban the teaching of English at primary schools because it views it as “culturally invasive,” I wondered
January 4th, 2018 Given these recent developments in Iran, where protests have broken out in towns and cities throughout the country, we would like to spotlight Iran and share with you the following facts on the country and its education system:
December 30th, 2017 This time last year, I wrote a blog about the benefits of international students in the U.S. and it goes without saying that the message still holds true as it did then. In another blog we wrote
December 14th, 2017 December 6-9, 2017 Bonaventure Resort Weston, Florida Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI) joined more than 400 representatives from institutions, agencies, and international organizations to discuss market trends and analysis, international student recruitment processes, and best practices
December 7th, 2017 In this week’s blog, we’d like to share with you the criteria you need to consider if your institution is looking to outsource its international credential evaluations. With the need for increasing content and authenticity in the
