February 22nd, 2019 As we prepare for the 2019 AICE Los Angeles Symposium on digital retention and transmission of academic documents, an issue that is of great concern is how do we maintain credential evaluation standards in a world that is rapidly digitizing? How do we ensure credential integrity? How do we detect fraudulent documents […]
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The Three-Year Bologna Bachelor’s Degrees: A U.S. and European Perspective
July 14th, 2017 U.S. Perspective At the invitation of Rafael Nevarez with the US Department of Education, Melanie Gottlieb, Deputy Director of AACRAO, and Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, Chair of AACRAO’s IESC, President of AICE, and President & CEO of ACEI, presented a session at the ENIC-NARIC meeting on June 26th in Copenhagen, Denmark. The topic of […]
The never ending case of Credential Fraud and Misrepresentation
January 19th, 2017 On January 5, 2017, the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA), frustrated with the continued proliferation of diploma mills and fraudulent qualifications, made a bold announcement that it will name and shame holders of these bogus degrees and diplomas. The SAQA has established a national registry where those found guilty of having misrepresented […]
How To Verify Chinese Degrees
January 5th, 2017 This was initially posted on June 23rd, 2016
Education and Experience: A Healthy Partnership
October 10th, 2013 The only source of knowledge is experience. -Albert Einstein There are those who are book smart and those who are street smart. Some get their “education” from the school of hard knocks and some from sitting in a classroom and listening to a teacher’s lecture. The rising cost of a college education […]