 | December 2022 - Los Angeles, CA About ACEI ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS EVALUATION INSTITUTE, INC. (ACEI)
Founded in 1994, ACEI is a full-service company providing complete and integrated services in-house in the areas of international education research, credential evaluation, and translation. And, through our Global Consulting Group®, we offer our expertise in the following specialties: Media and Branding, Global Pathways, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to interested institutions and organizations around the globe. | | Thanks to everyone for helping make this a truly enjoyable, successful, and fulfilling year. Wishing you all the best for the New Year ahead! Best wishes from the ACEI team! | | Education News From Around the Globe | AFGHANISTAN Taliban closes university access to women The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately. To read more, click here. Male students in Afghanistan standing in solidarity with their female classmates Following the Taliban's ban on university education for girls, the male students in the country have boycotted their classes condemning the suspension of higher education for women
To read more, click here. Afghan father moves his children to Pakistan for education Mohammad Asif Shakuri and his family moved to Balochistan Province in Pakistan from the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan after his eldest daughters were shut out of university. The Taliban in Afghanistan has banned women from attending university and suspended secondary education for girls since retaking power in 2021. To watch the video, click here. | FINLAND Finland ponders tuition fees Finland could introduce university tuition fees if a proposal by the Finance Ministry gains support. At present Finnish university courses are free of charge to students from Finland, the European Union and the European Economic Area, with tuition fees for some courses for students from elsewhere. To read more, click here. | IRAN (Islamic Republic of) 2 CSULB professors, who are brothers, provide virtual health care to Iranian protesters On social media platforms, Iranians in the diaspora have been tirelessly sharing updates on the protests taking place in Iran and the brutal treatment of the protesters at the hands of the government. Many injured avoid being taken to the hospital in fear of being apprehended by the authorities and taken to prison. The Alaei brothers, both professors at California State University Long beach, have created a coalition of medical professionals called the Medical Alliance for Health Services Abroad, or MAHSA – in honor of Mahsa (Jina) Amini. The coalition has more than 120 active members, offering free telemedicine services at least 16 hours a day to help manage the time differences between Iran and other parts of the world. To read more, click here. | NORWAY Public hearing shows poor support for non-EU tuition fees The majority of Norway’s universities have rejected the proposal to introduce tuition fees for students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland (so-called third countries) in comments submitted during a public consultation process or hearing, which closed on 7 December. To read more, click here. | PAKISTAN Appeal hearing in fake degrees case resumes after hiatus After a delay of over four years, Islamabad High Court on 16 November resumed the hearing of an appeal by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, CEO of Axact, against a 2018 conviction for fraud and forgery involving the selling of fake degrees of non-existent universities to thousands of people worldwide. To read more, click here. | RUSSIA Compulsory Russian statehood courses for all undergrads Russia is launching a compulsory patriotic course for all undergraduate students and is set to reform higher education humanities provision. The reforms are a response to the ever-growing isolation of the country in the international arena since the start of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine. To read more, click here. | FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES We’ve selected the following documentaries for your viewing consideration, available through our partner Video Project. The films are available for licensing to educational institutions and for event screening. Please contact michael@videoproject.org for information. | Afghanistan through Women's Eyes offers an intimate portrait of Afghanistan's silenced women as we see the conflict and history of Afghanistan through their eyes. For more information, click here. | Be My Voice focuses on Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad who is the voice of millions of Iranian women who are rebelling against the official state policy of compulsory hijab. Leading one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Iran today from exile in the U.S., Masih uses her wide platform to prevent protest from being stifled in her home country. For more information on viewing options, click here. | How recruiters in India use false promises to lure students to Canada
A TV documentary broadcast by The Fifth Estate in Canada has put the relationship between private and public colleges under scrutiny after over-recruitment of international students at one private college (recruiting for a community college) led to a temporary obstruction of access to the college for students.
To read more, click hereand to view the documentary on YouTube, click here. | Inspired by the groundbreaking book of the same name by Monique W. Morris, Ed.D, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, takes a deep dive into the lives of Black girls and the practices, cultural beliefs and policies that disrupts one of the most important factors in their lives – education. Alarmingly, African American girls are the fastest-growing population in the juvenile justice system and the only group of girls to disproportionately experience criminalization at every education level. For more information, click here. | School Life follows a year in the lives of two inspirational teachers in the only primary-age boarding school in Ireland. Headfort School — with its 18th century buildings, secret doors, and magical woodlands — is a revered institution that sees students attend from all over the world, staff made up of former students, and educators who have stayed there for decades, lending the school their characteristic idiosyncrasies. For more information, click here. | ACEI Careers (Job Posting) Global Credential Evaluator The global credential evaluator will evaluate academic credentials from around the world for U.S. educational equivalence in accordance with standards and policies followed by ACEI and those approved by the International Education Standards Council and the Association of International Credential Evaluators. This position is open to trained and experienced freelance evaluators with knowledge of global education systems and U.S. educational equivalencies. For more information, click here. | ACEI Global Consulting Group The Global Consulting Group is a division of ACEI that provides international education expertise with focus on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consulting, Global Pathway Consulting (Program/Curriculum Review for Partnerships between overseas institutions), and Media and Brand Consulting. Click here to view video presentation. | ACEI offers a comprehensive range of professional services that include: international credential evaluations; translations; consulting; and training. For more information on ACEI, please visit www.acei-global.org or contact: Tel: 1-310-275-3530; Email: acei@acei-global.org. ACEI was founded and incorporated in 1994 in the State of California and is a Charter and Endorsed Member of the Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE). | | New to The Report? Click below to subscribe to this newsletter. | | |
