Recruitment, Enrollment, and Advising

Conditional Admissions: Best Practices and SEVP Concerns

Increasingly, international students are approaching U.S. colleges and universities with an interest in receiving a decision on their admissibility when all application materials have been submitted except for evidence of English language proficiency. This is happening for two reasons. Presented are
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Education in Mexico

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 11, Issue 1 - April 2014 Barbara Glave provides a detailed overview of the local education system of Mexico in addition to a little history of its development. She includes many helpful tips for admissions officers and some additional resources.
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Mental Health and Education Abroad

The EA KC Health and Safety Subcommittee provides the following recommendations in order to assist education abroad professionals in responding to student mental health needs.
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Credential Survey of Chile

To give readers a range of perspectives regarding the foreign academic credentials found in the country or region covered in the IEM Spotlight, the editorial team surveys a number of colleges and universities, in addition to professional credentialing organizations, to provide a range of
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EducationUSA Chile

Dr. Lee Z. Ullmann, Director of EducationUSA Chile, offers valuable insight into the Chilean education system and how best to engage the systems in place to connect with students in a meaningful way.
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Education in Chile

Education is a national topic of priority in Chile. With nearly universal coverage and a commitment to quality, Chile is a country to watch in the coming years.
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Study Abroad Career Plan: A Guide for Advising Students

This inventory and guide, developed by Vera V. Chapman (Colgate University), Curtiss Oneil Stevens (University of Texas at Austin), and Martin Tillman (Global Career Compass) to support the webinar “ Helping Students Translate ‘study abroad’ for the Job Search .” provides a structure for advising
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Schools of Thought: Developments in the Malaysian School Sector

William Butler Yeats once said, " Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." In Malaysia, where e ducation holds a high social, political, and economic profile, developments in the system reflect intricate socio-economic concerns of the country at large and continue to
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EducationUSA: IEM Spotlight on Malaysia

The Malaysian government's development plan to have "developed nation" status by the year 2020 has influenced many policies in the country, especially those related to education. Malaysian students are no longer studying abroad in the numbers seen over the past few decades because a large number of
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