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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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Celebrating International Education Week (November 16, 2020)
November 16, 2020 International Education Week November 16-20, 2020 is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education with the goal to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and […]
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, the challenges ahead (November 10, 2020)
Written by: Fazela Haniff Heading up the Urban Alliance on Race Relations in Toronto in 1990 allowed me to build a career through a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lens before LinkedIn existed; before it was okay to post likes for sharing examples of nudges or outing racist behavior. With the increased visibility of inclusion challenges, […]
Future of Immigration under a Republican or Democratic Administration (October 30, 2020)
Here is a summary of a webinar presentation from October 29, 2020 by Fragoman, which is an immigration law firm in NYC, NY. The speakers spoke of what a second term of a Trump administration will look like for immigration to the U.S., which includes international students and H1B visas. Regulations will continue to be […]