IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 3 - November 2016 By: Coleen Jaftha, South African Qualifications Authority The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is a statutory body established through the South African Qualifications Authority Act of 1995. The SAQA Act

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 3 - November 2016 By: Ujjaini Sahasrabudhe, University of Southern California Beginning with this issue, we are introducing a new feature where we survey colleagues at U.S. institutions to ask them about their

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 3 - November 2016 To give readers a range of perspectives regarding the foreign academic credentials found in the country or region covered in IEM Spotlight, the editorial team surveys a number of colleges

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 3 - November 2016 By: Marshall Houserman, Educational Perspectives In the early 1990s, South Africa initiated the process of dismantling its social and legal system of racial separation and discrimination, known as apartheid. Apartheid

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 To give readers a range of perspectives regarding the foreign academic credentials found in the country or region covered in IEM Spotlight, the editorial team surveys a number of colleges

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama stated in April of this year that he expects that the United States will meet the goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees before the end of

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 Since World War II, Germany has increasingly become recognized as a “land of migration.” While this designation has not been given without some domestic debate, over the past 70 years,

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 As the Syrian crisis continues into its fifth year, hundreds of thousands of students have had their studies interrupted, leading to an academic crisis and the risk of a lost

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 The ongoing conflict in Syria, and its dramatic consequences on university-age students inside and outside of Syria, has led to a broader conversation on the role that higher education institutions