 | September 2023 - 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. | TAICEP Annual Conference Redondo Beach, CA
October 2-5, 2023
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October 15-20, 2023
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October 29 - November 1, 2023
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November 5-8, 2023
For more information, click here. | | Education News From Around the Globe | CANADA 104-year-old women’s university announces full merger After 104 years as one of Canada's only women's universities, London, Ont.'s Brescia University College has announced that it will fully integrate into Western University starting in May. To read more, click here. | CHINA Leading Chinese university becomes first to remove English requirements for students Xian Jiaotong University, a public research university in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, has confirmed that it no longer requires students to complete the College English Test, or CET, to enter the university or graduate. To read more, click here. | FRANCE-AFRICA Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso feel impact of France’s visa call France has suspended student mobility with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and told new students from those countries who were about to start studies in France that they may not come after all. Current scholarship students without valid visas will also not be able to travel to France. To read more, click here. | IRAN (Islamic Republic of) Hackers Reveal Secret Documents About Iranian Protests, Purges Hackers claim they gained control over 500 servers of Iran’s Ministry of Science, revealing a trove of classified documents on protests and academia dissidents. To read more, click here. | IRELAND University leader issues warning over student-staff ratios The proportion of students to staff in Irish universities is “much, much worse” than it was during the recession-hit 1980s and represents the single biggest threat to higher education, University College Dublin (UCD) president Prof Orla Feely has warned. To read more, click here. | NETHERLANDS Sexual harassment at universities is soaring The number of reports of sexual harassment at Dutch universities has doubled in four years, according to researchers for radio program Argos. To read more, click here. | USA Some universities ditch AI detectors amid accuracy fears Universities are going back to the drawing board to figure out how to stop their students using ChatGPT to write essays, after giving up on AI detectors over accuracy concerns. To read more, click here. | USA Former University of Phoenix students’ loan debt cancelled The Biden administration is canceling nearly $37 million of federal student loan debt for more than 1,200 borrowers who attended the University of Phoenix because it found that the for-profit school misled students about job prospects. 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. | UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality A searing expose of the growing affordable housing crisis in America, this intimate documentary focuses on one of the country's most iconic and income divided zip codes. Once a mecca for artists, outsiders, and a thriving Black community, Venice is now the frontline for America's heated battles over gentrification, lack of affordable housing, and homelessness. For viewing options, click here. | The Young Vote Democracy is being threatened, and young people are taking it personally. In 2016, only 39% of those 29 and under, the largest generation of eligible voters in US history, voted in the presidential election. What can we do to increase young voter participation and sustain a functional democracy? For viewing options, 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 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. | | |
