Admission and Placement of International Students and Scholars

The fall issue of IEM Spotlight comprises articles examining pre-university qualifications and secondary educational tracks that are affecting the landscape of academic qualifications.

Bill Wallace, PhD, is currently the director of the University of Alabama’s English Language Institute (ELI) and VP-Elect for Advocacy on the EnglishUSA Executive

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 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. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 SABRINA CHONG Director, Global Executive EdD Program, University of Southern California Where I live: Los Angeles, California (after a 12-year stint in Massachusetts and France, multiple times in each

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 Johannes Schmied Immigration Compliance Coordinator and International Enrollment Manager, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Where I live: Oshkosh, Wisconsin Where I was born: Hartberg, Austria Family: I live with my 3-year-old

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: William Bellin, Educational Credential Evaluators For those who are of the mindset that the composition of a U.S. bachelor’s degree consists of general education requirements and a concentration in

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, Inc. Melanie Gottlieb, Deputy Director of American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), and Jasmin Saidi-Kuehnert, President of

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Jessica Stannard, NUFFIC The Bologna Declaration of 1999 and the ensuing Bologna Process have brought about many changes in higher education across Europe; the most obvious being the alignment

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Robert Watkins, The University of Texas at Austin, and Melanie Gottlieb, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers As the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), more popularly known

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 14, Summer ISSUE - August 2017 By: Stephanie Ingvaldson, Sacramento State University More and more international admissions offices are receiving applications from prospective graduate students who hold three-year undergraduate degrees, and not just Bologna-compliant