 | January 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. | UPCOMING WEBINARS STRATEGY BREAK: Getting the Change You Want at Your College/University
February 15, 2022, 10am PST - Click here to register. Credential Fraud and Diploma Mills: A Growing and Global Challenge
April 13, 2022, 10am PST - Click here to register. | To access recordings of previous presentations, please click here. | | Education News From Around the Globe | AFGHANISTAN Government makes plans to support higher education Pakistan is assisting Afghanistan in building some university facilities as well as providing scholarships for Afghan students as the Taliban regime in Kabul struggles to reopen public universities. To read more, click here. | ETHIOPIA Higher education beset by shortcomings According to experts, higher education in Ethiopia is beset by low levels of quality, relevance,
and academic freedom, despite an unprecedented expansion of state and private higher education and rising enrollment.
To read more, click here. | FRANCE Macron hints at ending access to free university education French President Emmanuel Macron has prompted fierce criticism after hinting that university access in France cannot “stay long-term” the way it is, “with no cost”, in order to compete internationally. To read more, click here. | GREECE Changes to foreign degree recognition The Education Ministry is seeking to put an end to the delays and the bureaucracy involved in the recognition of foreign university degrees by the Greek state with the introduction of a new legal framework. To read more, click here. | INDIA Scaling up higher education in India The National Education Policy 2020 envisages the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) as the regulator for higher education, with four verticals for regulation, accreditation, funding, and academic standard setting. A Bill to provide for HCEI is under draft. To read more, click here. | MALAYSIA University defends number of its recent PhD graduates Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has denied that the number of PhD graduates from its recent convocation in early January is too many. To read more, click here. | PAKISTAN President urges universities to produce more graduates President Dr Arif Alvi has called on the Pakistani universities to produce more graduates, saying that by the year 2030, 80 million graduates will be needed. To read more, click here. | RWANDA-USA PhDs from US-based institution withdrawn The move by Rwanda’s Higher Education Council (HEC) to withdraw recognition for PhD degrees obtained from the United States-based Atlantic International University (AIU) because the programs have allegedly not been accredited has angered the public and the academic sector. To read more, click here. | UNITED KINGDOM Plans to punish universities in England for poor value for money Tens of thousands of students in England are studying for degrees at institutions that could soon be punished for low quality and poor value for money, under plans drawn up by the higher education regulator. To read more, 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. | | |
