When it comes to fraudulent credentials, no ground is sacred and even the noblest of professions are not impervious to fraud. On January 25, 2023, the US Department of Justice announced the arrest of 25 individuals, charged with creating and distributing fraudulent transcripts and diplomas to those who aspired to become licensed nursing professionals and […]
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Are you exploring opportunities to partner with an overseas institution? We know that colleges and universities are finding themselves within an increasingly competitive environment when it comes to student enrollment. Even the global marketplace for international students has become challenging with more and more players–sometimes of dubious quality–offering quick low-cost programs. Strong accredited institutions like […]
Guide to Bogus Institutions and Documents-New Publication from AACRAO released with AICE help
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
3 Things to Look for in a Virtual Platform (September 4, 2020)
Detecting Fake University Degrees in a Digital World (May 16, 2020)
In 2019, the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE) hosted its annual symposium discussing the digital retention and transmission of academic documents. An issue that was of great concern then and continues to be today is how do we maintain credential evaluation standards in a world that is rapidly digitizing? How do we ensure credential […]