 | September 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. | Groningen Declaration Network Groningen, The Netherlands
October 12-14, 2022
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October 17-20, 2022
For more information, click here. | | Education News From Around the Globe | AFGHANISTAN Taliban ‘takeover’ of American university sparks outrage In what appears to be an expropriation by the Taliban of buildings on leased land, Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are planning to transform the American University of Afghanistan, the private non-profit Western-style academic institution, into their own self-styled Afghan International University (AIU).
To read more, click here. | ASIA-PACIFIC ISLANDS Micro-credentials: An important part of a bigger ecosystem Compared to macro-credentials, such as full degree or qualification programs, micro-credentials can be a tool to downsize and shorten longer learning programs for greater agility, flexibility and diversity. One of the most critical issues related to micro-credentials is their recognition for further study or employment by government authorities, higher education institutions and employers. Without recognition they cannot be integrated into national and international learning ecosystems. To read more, click here. | BANGLADESH Girls’ enrolment keeps dropping at colleges, universities Women’s education in Bangladesh has been a success story so far. Girls have continued to outnumber boys at primary and secondary levels, accounting for more than half of school enrolment. However, the situation does not remain the same once it's time for college and university. To read more, click here. | EGYPT Reinstating short essay questions in Thanaweya Amma exams Egypt’s Minister of Education Reda Hegazy announced on Sunday, September 25, 2022 that short essay questions will be reinstated in the Thanaweya Amma exams, as part of the state's recent efforts to promote learning through comprehension over memorization. To read more, click here. | IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Archeological mystery: Ancient Elamite script form Iran deciphered? For almost 120 years, the writing system known as "Linear Elamite" was considered illegible. Now a team of archaeologists claims to have partially deciphered the writing system. But other researchers are more hesitant. To read more, click here. | MOROCCO Morocco Requires TOEFL and French language mastery for Ph.D. Candidates Starting from this school year, PhD candidates in Morocco will have to provide proof of English and French language mastery through TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and DALF (Advanced Diploma in French Language) certificates. To read more, click here. | PAKISTAN New grading system for matriculation and intermediate examination results Pakistan is considering a new grading system for matriculation and intermediate examination results. The present six-point grading system has A1, A, B, C, D, and E grades which would be replaced with nine-point grades that is A+, A, A- and B+, B, B-, followed by C, D and E. To read more, click here. | TUNISIA University graduates protest amid growing unemployment The unemployment crisis in Tunisia is hitting the country again, despite the decline in the second quarter of this year to 15.3 per cent. It peaked last year in the third quarter at 18.4 per cent. Unemployment is especially high among university graduates, and there are moves to activate a law approved by the now dissolved parliament (Law No. 38 of 2020) to hire the long-term unemployed. President Kais Saied has repealed the law. To read more, click here. | UGANDA How innovation in education is empowering learners post Covid-19 How was the education system in Uganda affected by Covid-19, and what are some of the ways in which it can recover from the pandemic? To read more, click here. | UKRAINE The Escape Diaries: How the war in Ukraine shattered a Ghanaian student’s dream When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ghanaian student Dorcas Djabatey decided to wait it out. But as days turned to weeks, it became clear that her dreams of becoming a medical doctor would have to wait. Follow Docas’s journey. To read more, click here. | VIETNAM Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology Unveils AI4VN The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) recently launched a series of seminars to kick-start the 2022 Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Day (AI4VN) in Hanoi. The seminars discussed AI solutions in finance banking, training and connecting AI human resources, and automation in production. To read more, click here. | FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES We’ve selected the following documentary for your viewing consideration, available through our partner Video Project: | 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. | ACEI Careers (Job Posting) Editor-Credential Evaluation Report Review Experienced international credential evaluator to join ACEI’s editorial team to assist with the review of final evaluation reports. The individual is responsible for reading content of final reports, reviewing information on the applicant’s application form and educational credentials to check for errors and areas to refine the report. Their duties include maintaining close communication with other members of the editorial team and credential evaluators, referring to style guides and published print and electronic references to verify and improve the content and making corrections to grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes, program requirements (institution status, entry criteria, duration of program) as well as US educational equivalence recommendations. For more information, click here. 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. | | |
