International Students
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
Proposal to Replace Duration of Status (October 19, 2020)
Written by Jodi Simek Credential evaluation companies and other businesses that rely on international student mobility may want to review and provide comment on the proposed regulation to replace “Duration of Status” with a fixed time of admission to the
COVID 19 – The meteor to rock the academic world (September 25, 2020)
I recently attended a webinar presentation by Scott Galloway who teaches brand strategy and digital marketing at the NYU Stern School of Business. Professor Galloway was the keynote speaker at the ASU-GSV Summit, a virtual collaborative event between Arizona State
Solving Puzzles and the Art of Giving Feedback (August 24, 2020)
August 17, 2020 Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert is the Founder, President, and CEO of the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute (ACEI). She has dedicated the last 30 years to international education, sharing her knowledge as a published author and speaker on world education
Reflections of COVID and Lessons Learned in International Education (August 6, 2020)
Written by: Tara L. Braun Image source: NY Magazine The world of international higher education is normally a changing canvas but throw a worldwide pandemic on top of it and you have a mosaic of concerns. Internationalization has been interrupted
Dispatches from Los Angeles: Moving during a Pandemic (July 23, 2020)
Written by: Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert Image credit: Transport Executive What is the one thing one dreads to do during so-called normal times that would be the last thing on the list during a global pandemic? Can you hazard a guess? If
The 3 Child Policy: An Alternate Pathway to Graduate Admission in France (July 16, 2020)
Marie Antoinette – Photo: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images We recently received a diploma titled Grade de Master in Elementary Education, with emphasis in Teaching Social Sciences and transcripts for one year of study (60 ECTS) completed at a
COVID-19 Survey Reports: Impact on International Students (July 2, 2020)
A recent survey conducted by the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, the findings of which were published on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, “The
Dispatches from Arizona during the Time of COVID-19 (July 26, 2020)
Written by: Laura Sippel As I write this in my home office in Arizona, there are news reports that Arizona is the second highest state to have the most spikes in COVID-19 cases in a single day. My husband and
How to Spot Fake Online Programs: Highlights of June 10, 2020 Webinar (June 12, 2020)
Written by: Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert On June 10th, ACEI hosted a webinar on “How to Spot Fake Online Programs,” with Allen Ezell, as our special guest. If there was a moment in time that I held my breath for the entirety
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