February 25th, 2017 ACEI attended the Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) 41st Annual Conference last week in beautiful Houston. The conference theme, “Aligning the Stars” was the perfect theme to align the stars for international partnerships. CCID recognized their board member organizations for their leaderships in internationalization ranging from Washington State, Australia, Denmark, Japan, […]
Credential Evaluations
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
The Many Benefits of International Students at U.S. Campuses
12/30/16 As we come to the end of 2016, we’d like to dedicate this final blog for the year to international students and the myriad of benefits they bring to the economic and cultural fabric of the U.S Let’s take a closer look. Economic Benefits The economic benefits of having international students on U.S. campuses […]
Sharing a Reality (in International Education)
September 8th, 2016 With the oh-so-fun election season in full swing here in the U.S., it is more difficult than usual to ignore how people can operate in such different realities. People can’t seem to agree on what is a “fact”. In many cases, this is for good reason, because so much around us has […]
AN EVALUATOR’S JOURNEY
August 19th, 2016 When I accepted my mother’s invitation to accompany her to a cocktail party, I did so reluctantly. It was July 1982 and as a freshly minted college grad with a BA in Political Science the last thing I wanted to do was attend a party with my mother. It turned out to […]
Happy 22nd Birthday ACEI!
April 1st, 2016 Today, we celebrate ACEI’s 22nd anniversary. And, this is not an April Fool’s joke! We are incredibly grateful for the trust and confidence placed on us by all our institutional and organizational clients as well as our international candidates who show their support through their referrals. For those who may not be […]
5 Highlights of Events in Education from ACEI and Around the Globe
November 5th, 2015 Since our last blog a week ago, a great deal has happened in the world of education, both on the national and international level. We’d like to share a few of the events that have occurred this week that we will continue to report on through our blog Academic Exchange and our […]
10 Takeaways from the 2015 NAFSA Region XII Conference in Honolulu, HI.
October 30th, 2015 The annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region XII Conference this year was held in Honolulu, HI and like years past, ACEI demonstrated its presence by having a booth at the Exhibit Hall and presented a conference session. Here are a few interesting facts about Oahu, NAFSA’s Region XII, the 2015 conference […]
Detecting Fraudulent Academic Credentials
June 18th, 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 into our institutions based on […]