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 on many U.S. campuses in the form of study abroad program cancellations and international students […]
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14 Quick Facts on UK as a Higher Education Destination for International Students
August 8th, 2019 The UK continues to be a popular destination for international students pursuing their higher education. Here are a few facts on the UK and its role in international education: Number of international students studying in the UK higher education in 2017-2018: 458,490 Percentage of international students that account for the UKs total […]
The Importance of Institutional Accreditation
October 12th, 2017 The first step in evaluating non-U.S. academic documents is to determine whether the institution where the studies were completed is recognized and approved by the education authorities in the country, which in most instances is the Ministry of Education. In the U.S. there is no central government body that establishes, maintains and […]
7 Reasons why International Students are good for the U.S.?
July 27th, 2017 According to the latest analysis from NAFSA, during the 2015-2016 academic year, 1,043,839 international students were studying at U.S. colleges and universities. In January 2017, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily blocking entry to the U.S. by visa holders from seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa and […]
Confused by SEVIS regulations?
July 20th, 2017 Are you up-to-date on new SEVIS Regulations? Are you confused by new regulations or changes? We can help! ACEI expert webinar will provide updates and information about these changes in regulations as we have immigration experts on hand to answer your questions. Join us Friday, July 28, 10am PDT for ACEI SEVIS […]
Dispatches from the NAFSA 2017 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA: A photo journal
June 1st, 2017 This week, NAFSA, the world’s largest association dedicated to international education and exchange, brought together a diverse and vibrant community of nearly 10,000 global leaders and colleagues at its Annual Conference & Expo right here in ACEI’s backyard, Los Angeles. More than 107 countries have been represented in a setting that emphasized […]
International Student Mobility: 2017 Trends in International Student Recruitment
May 11th, 2017 ACEI is pleased to share the 2017 report prepared by Study Portals in this week’s blog. The following is an excerpt from the report. To read the full report, please click here These days, there is a widespread and wide-ranging conversation about globalization; but only by visiting classrooms in every corner of […]
Dispatches from Minneapolis, MN
April 7th, 2017 The Annual AACRAO Conference this year was held in Minneapolis, MN which marked the third and final stop on my Midwest tour of international education-related conferences. Representing both the Association of International Credential Evaluators and the Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc., speaking at three sessions, hosting and moderating the 2017 AICE Symposium […]
A New Internationalization Strategy
December 8th, 2016 Continuing with our thread on the impact of a Trump Presidency on international education and internationalization as a whole, I found the blog recently posted by EAIE to be spot on. In the words of one of the authors of the blog, “… the task of regularly scanning the external environment to […]
15 Facts on South Korean Student Flows
June 19th, 2014 When I first traveled to South Korea in 2001 and visited with officials at the Ministry of Education and at a number of the universities, there were 45,685 South Korean students studying in the U.S. The numbers grew to 75,065 in 2008/09 but began to show a dip to 72,153 in 2009/10. […]