International Students, Immigration, Diplomacy May 31st, 2019 This year’s NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo was held in Washington, DC and wrapped up on May 31st. The highlight of my 2 ½ day attendance besides the fruitful meetings with colleagues and strengthening partnerships with client institutions and organizations was the opening plenary that included two former […]
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COLOMBIA: Education and Opportunities
May 10th, 2019 Recently, ACEI’s President & CEO, Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, spoke on Colombia’s education system and opportunities for student mobility through its e-learning webinar series. And last week on May 4-5, at the invitation of the Embassy of Colombia in the U.S., ACEI attended the inaugural education fair hosted by the Embassy of Colombia in […]
The Global Educator Program: Engage with key influencers to leverage your international recruitment
March 15th, 2019 In this week’s blog, we would like to showcase Branta, an international student recruitment, study abroad organization based in Seattle, WA. We recently learned about Branta’s Global Education Program which aims to build relationships between teachers and school administrators in India with administrators at U.S. institutions of higher education. According to Syed […]
Why is Canada the favored destination for International Students?
January 18th, 2019 Right before the end of 2018, Forbes posted an article on how successful Canada has been in attracting international students to its institutions while the United States, United Kingdom and Australia are experiencing the opposite. The US has been keeping its #1 spot for a few decades as the preferred destination for […]
The Welcome Project ©
October 19th, 2018 A Partner Program 2018 The Welcome Project© is a joint endeavor by the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI) and iTEP International, offering individuals classified as refugees assistance with the evaluation of their academic credentials for U.S. educational equivalence and determine their English language proficiency through an approved language assessment test. Background […]
ACEI and iTEP International launch initiative to help refugees get education, jobs
October 17th, 2018 The Welcome Project© is a joint endeavor by the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. (ACEI) and iTEP International, offering individuals classified as refugees assistance with the verification and evaluation of their international academic credentials for U.S. educational equivalence and determining their language proficiency through an approved language assessment test. According to the […]
Where have all the international students gone? Far…far…away? Maybe not.
May 25th, 2018 Every day, those of us who are in international education, especially, those of us working at institutions and organizations in the USA, hear nothing but negative news about the decline in the number of international students studying at our colleges and universities. Many of us anticipated that this was going to happen […]
3 Interesting Facts about U.S. Community Colleges!
March 16th, 2018
Don’t Give up, Keep at it! 7 Steps for US HEIs to remain competitive in International Education
February 9th, 2018 The reports are coming in, and they each speak of declines in the number of international students at U.S. institutions of higher education (HEIs). Panic has set in and decisions based on panic never turn out to be sound or prudent. They are short sighted and cause more damage than good. Panic […]
What is the Future of International Students in the U.S.?
December 30th, 2017 This time last year, I wrote a blog about the benefits of international students in the U.S. and it goes without saying that the message still holds true as it did then. In another blog we wrote this past August, we offered the reasons why international students are good for the U.S. […]