 | April 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. | | July 20-22 2022 Joint AACRAO-AICE Institute and Symposium on Professional Programs and Degrees | Join AACRAO and AICEfor a special event July 20-22, in Kansas City, focusing on international professional programs and degrees.
On July 20-21, AACRAO will provide an in-depth training on the evaluation of international professional programs such as Law and Medicine, and how they differ from academic degrees. This training utilizes primary research, authentic international credentials, and best industry practices in evaluating these programs for recognition, undergraduate, transfer and graduate admissions. On July 22, AICE will host the Symposium, focusing on the differences of professional programs and degree types in the fields of law and medicine with the goal of establishing evaluation standards. Panelists and attendees will discuss best practices and challenges in evaluation and how institutions in North America handle these programs. This unique, joint event combines training in evaluating professional programs from around the world with a larger conversation among industry experts and an opportunity to create consistent methodologies and update AICE Standards. You can register for either the AACRAO Institute or the AICE Symposium, or you may register for both here. | | Education News From Around the Globe | AFGHANISTAN UNICEF raises concerns over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has once again raised concerns over the closure of secondary schools for girls emphasizing that education in Afghanistan should not be a hostage to politics. To read more, click here. | DENMARK Denmark freezes state student grant for studies in Russia and Belarus Danish students and eligible European Union nationals will no longer receive the country’s state student grant if they study in Russia or Belarus. To read more, click here. | ETHIOPIA Accreditation: Setting requirements for qualified staff In Ethiopia, the recent enforcement of regulations of the Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency, HERQA (now the Education and Training Authority) for private higher education institutions to permanently employ enough staff who meet minimum qualification requirements before the institutions can be re-accredited, has set off a cut-throat competition among them to acquire staff with the required credentials. To read more, click here. | FINLAND International students to receive continuous resident permits Under a new act, students and their family members arriving in Finland from abroad will be able to obtain a residence permit for the entirety of the duration of their studies. The law also aims to make it easier to apply for work after graduation. To read more, click here. | IRAN Universities to serve as the government’s think tank In a meeting with university professors on Tuesday 19 April, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi stated that the university is a center for human development and production of science and referred to universities as the government’s think tank. To read more, click here. | MALAWAI NCHE blocks accreditation of ‘sub-standard’ programs Malawi’s National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has suspended programs at a Catholic university, its first punitive action on higher education standards since being accused of allowing sub-par teaching in the country’s tertiary education sector. To read more, click here. | REPUBLIC OF KOREA 96 research papers identified with ethically problematic co-authorships by professors' children The education ministry said Monday it has identified 96 university and college research papers with ethically problematic co-authorships by children of professors or children of their colleagues produced between 2007 and 2018. To read more, click here. | SWITZERLAND Students demand a bitcoin education A study by blockchain start-up incubation company CV VC and PwC has identified 20 higher education establishments offering courses on blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi). To read more, click here. | TANZANIA Tanzanians urged to learn Chinese language as a bridge to opportunities The government of Tanzania is urging citizens and students to learn the Chinese language which it described as a bridge to opportunities, including employment. To read more, click here. | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GEMS International School partner with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University GEMS International School – Al Khail (GIS), which offers K-12 instruction, has become the first school in the UAE to partner with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), one of the most prestigious and in-demand universities in the world for aviation and aeronautics. To read more, click here. | FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES We’ve selected the following documentaries for your viewing consideration, available through our partner Video Project: | Petersburg Rising, through the vivid personal stories of students, celebrates how one community rallied behind an inspiring leader to support its schools, breaking generational cycles of failure and underperformance to achieve success through re-accreditation. For more information, click here. | Can the world's most widely accessed collection of information be trusted? And if not, is it possible to change it for the better? 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. | | |
