March 23rd, 2018 In our previous blog, we wrote about the benefits of outsourcing international credential evaluations. In this week’s blog, we’d like to share with you the criteria you need to consider if your institution is looking to outsource its international credential evaluations. With the need for increasing content and authenticity in the evaluation […]
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10 Criteria to Consider for Outsourcing Your International Credential Evaluation Needs (and why ACEI is your trusted source!)
December 7th, 2017 In this week’s blog, we’d like to share with you the criteria you need to consider if your institution is looking to outsource its international credential evaluations. With the need for increasing content and authenticity in the evaluation process comes the need for more education, training and experience on the part of […]
Tree Trees
May 5th, 2017 When I was in college, just by chance I ended up at a party for the international students, (free beer) and there, to my surprise, I made some of my best friends to this day. You know when you instantly connect with someone? Romantic or not, it’s rare and there is something […]
One Rhythm, One Planet: Music from the Banned Countries
February 9th, 2017 I have always believed that music brings people together and bridges cultural divides. Music can connect us like no other arts, with its universal language of rhythm and melody. Maybe even more importantly, music—especially world music, helps us understand and appreciate other cultures and people. I have bonded instantly with immigrant taxi […]
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 […]
Top 5 Countries Ranked Best for Education
October 6th, 2016 The USNews recently released it’s 2016 Best Countries rankings and included the Best Countries for Education in its survey results. In partnership with brand strategy firm BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania they asked more than 16,000 survey participants from four regions to associate countries with specific […]
The New Normal in the 21st Century
September 22nd, 2016 Police Robot sent on the mission to deactivate/detonate the suspicious object. The “new normal” paid me a visit on September 20, 2016 at 7:02 AM PST. My husband and I woke to the sound of our neighbor knocking on our door alerting us to news that the police and bomb squad were […]
How to Be a Responsible Foreign-Language Learner and Speaker
August 25th, 2016 As participants in the 2016 Many Languages One World essay contest, we had to submit an essay on multiculturalism and multilingualism. Writing about multiculturalism and multilingualism is a tough and broad task, but what we can do, as individuals, is write about our own experience. As a student in Chinese department and […]
I Am Not A Citizen Of The World
August 11th, 2016 No soy una ciudadana del mundo. I come from Chile, located at the end of the world. Surrounded by the immensity of the Pacific Ocean, the loneliness of the Atacama Desert and the impenetrability of the Andes cordillera, it could be considered an island. I am not a citizen of the world. […]
In Contribution to Peace: The Role of Multilingualism in Contributing to Process of world Peacemaking
July 21st, 2016 Growing up in a country which has lived long successive wars for more than three decades makes Peace and Peacemaking my very first priority. Civil wars, fighting, explosions, extremist groups, segregation and destructed social structures, displaced people, frightening number of widows, orphans, and immigrants, polluted environment, declined agricultural lands, poverty, hunger, collapsed […]