The Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had sweeping impacts for admissions offices and registrars, limiting recruitment travel, casting a shadow of uncertainty over Chinese enrollments, and complicating efforts for students to request transcripts and letters from institutions in China. In this webinar, we explore implications for admissions and registrars offices, share notable responses and case studies, and offer suggestions for how universities may respond to the crisis to best support their students.
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March 26: Secondary Education
Moderator: Margit A. Schatzman, President, ECE. Margit has been involved in international admissions and credential evaluation for over 35 years and is President of Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. (ECE). ECE is a non-profit organization that provides services in foreign credential evaluation, research and training in international education. ECE® Aid, the organization’s charity division, provides free credential evaluations for refugees and others in need. Margit believes that the work of international credential evaluation professionals will be increasingly important as we navigate a post-virus world in international education. She is excited to be a part of the TAICEP community of problem solvers and thought leaders. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in German and Geography, a Master of Science degree in Cultural Foundations of Education, and a Master of Business Administration degree, all from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Subject Matter Expert: Garrett Seelinger, Team Lead / Senior Evaluator, InCred – International Credential Evaluations. Garrett is a senior evaluator for InCred, primarily working on secondary and undergraduate document evaluations with a focus on international student-athlete educational pathways. He is currently the Chair of TAICEP’s Resources for Members Committee, which includes producing the TAICEP Talk Newsletter. Garrett was raised in Morocco and England before earning his BA from DePaul University and his MA from the University of Notre Dame. He then joined the NAIA and helped launch their credential evaluation service, InCred.
Join AACRAO for a conversation with the major undergraduate testing services for resources and short updates. Hear from the College Board, ETS, Pearson, Cambridge, IELTS and more.
For more information: https://www.aacrao.org/events-training/event/2020/04/10/default-calendar/aacrao-coffee-break-testing-services-roundtable
Date/Time
Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 11 am – 12 am Eastern.
Description
What is the impact of the COVID-19 virus on Higher Education and recognition in a European perspective? How ENIC-NARIC centres are working to guarantee the continuity of services to citizens? What are the challenges that credential evaluators are facing now and will face in the next weeks/months to come? What resources can we rely on?
Luca Lantero, head of CIMEA, the Italian NARIC centre and President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Bureau, will give an overview of the state of play in Europe and try to sketch some resources and tools to deal with the challenges that credential evaluators are facing in their job.
Bio
Luca Lantero is the Director of CIMEA, the Italian NARIC. He was elected in 2019 as President of the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee and he is currently the Head of the Italian BFUG Secretariat. Expert in digitalisation and the use of blockchain in education, he has a lengthy experience in the field of professional and academic recognition and mobility programmes; the Italian Qualifications Framework; double and joint degrees; Erasmus Mundus; fake diplomas and accreditation mills; foreign HE systems and degrees and TNE institutions and accreditation.
Chiara Finocchietti is the Deputy Director of CIMEA. She is a member of the NARIC advisory board and National Correspondent for the Italian Qualifications Framework within the EHEA, and a member of various international working groups on higher education policies. She is author and co-author of several publications in the field of higher education on the topics of fraud in education and systems of education.
Open to TAICEP members and non-members. Register here (free)! https://zoom.us/j/193460611?pwd=VFNZdWxxQ0VyZDRrV1graTRFbkFWQT09
Date/Time: Thursday, April 23, 2020, 10:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern (11:15 if we have a lot of questions :))
Description: After the success of the initial TAICEP At Your Desk web meeting, we asked for feedback and heard that many of you are concerned about the lack of resources while working away from your traditional print library or other in-office tools. A team of experienced credentials evaluators want to share some of our favorite resources that you can access remotely. Join us on April 23 for a Zoom meeting to learn about some of our best-loved tools for credentials evaluations.
Presenters:
Peggy Bell Hendrickson has spent almost 20 years combining her love of international education with her need to create lists. She’s contributed to such publications as the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems around the World, the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE), the TAICEP Talk Newsletter, the 2010 AACRAO International Guide, the NAFSA Guide to International Student Recruitment, and others. Peggy has presented on country updates, secondary education, professional development, international transfer credits, researching international education systems, accreditation, electronic verification services, bogus institutions, and more.
Katerina Roskina of China Credential Services is the former NAFSA CEP Credential Evaluation Workshop Dean, a NAFSA 2019 and 2020 CEP Credential Evaluation Workshop Trainer, a conference presenter with extensive NAFSA National, Regional and state experience on credential evaluation, admissions and recruitment and international student integration subject matters, an active NAFSA Spotlight contributor on China-related topics. Her current leadership roles include the Chair-Elect of the Wisconsin Association of International Educators, a member of NAFSA Region V Leadership Team, and a NAFSA China MIG Vice Chair.
Margaret Wenger has worked at Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., a non-profit credential evaluation agency, since 1990, currently holding the position of Senior Director of Evaluation. She has given workshops at a number of international conferences including NAFSA, NAGAP, CGS, and EAIE, and she chairs TAICEP’s Digital Student Data Task Force, as well as co-chairing the Groningen Declaration Network Task Force on Verification Policies and Best Practices.
Shelby L. Cearley currently serves as Senior Evaluator at International Education Evaluations, LLC. Previously, she worked in international admissions and recruiting at a university and a community college and also as an adjunct professor in Speech Communication. She is currently the Secretary for TAICEP. A graduate of the NAFSA Academy for International Education (Class IV), Shelby has presented several admissions- and credentials-related sessions at regional and national conferences and was chosen as a delegate for the 2007 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Stuttgart, Germany. She served as the NAFSA RAP/admissions liaison from 2008-2010 and as the International Enrollment Management liaison from 2017-2018 and served as Coach for the Region III cohort of the NAFSA Academy of International Education for Classes VIII, IX, and X (2011-13) for NAFSA Region III. Shelby also is a member of the NAFSA Trainer Corps, and she served as co-credentials editor of the RAP Admissions & Credentials newsletter wRAP-Up from 2010-2012. She is a contributing author for the NAFSA Online Guide to Education Systems Around the World.
Registration: Registration is free and open to TAICEP members and non-members. To register, click HERE.
Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 2020, 10:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern (11:15 if we have a lot of questions :))
Description: Do you have questions about a particular foreign credential? It often helps to ask your colleagues for their opinions. In this session, a panel of experienced credential evaluators will review several credentials submitted by members of the international credential evaluation community. There should be time for additional questions. Join us on April 30th for a Zoom meeting and connect with your credential evaluation network!
Presenters:
Shelby L. Cearley currently serves as Senior Evaluator at International Education Evaluations, LLC. Previously, she worked in international admissions and recruiting at a university and a community college and also as an adjunct professor in Speech Communication. She is currently the Secretary for TAICEP. A graduate of the NAFSA Academy for International Education (Class IV), Shelby has presented several admissions- and credentials-related sessions at regional and national conferences and was chosen as a delegate for the 2007 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Stuttgart, Germany. She served as NAFSA Region III Admissions liaison (2008-2010), NAFSA Region III International Enrollment Management liaison (2017-2018), as co-credentials editor of the NAFSA Admissions & Credentials newsletter wRAP-Up (2010-2012), and as Coach for the Region III cohort of the NAFSA Academy of International Education for Classes VIII, IX, and X (2011-13). Shelby also is a member of the NAFSA Trainer Corps. She is a contributing author for the NAFSA Online Guide to Education Systems Around the World. She is the recipient of the 2014 NAFSA Region III Outstanding Service Award.
Barbara B. Glave began participating in international education when she transferred in 1965 to the Universidad de las Américas, Mexico City, graduating from there with a B.A. in Spanish, with minors in French and Linguistics. At Louisiana State University, she earned an M.A. in Spanish and Romance Philology in 1969, plus 24 additional credits in the same fields. From 1972 to 1983, she taught Spanish, Freshman English to Foreign Students, and ESL at the University of Houston – Downtown. In 1982, she passed the ATA Spanish-to-English certification exam. In 1980, she co-founded SpanTran Educational Services in Houston; she remained until 2012 when she supposedly retired. In 2013, she joined Credential Consultants as a part-time translator and researcher; in 2014, she joined SDR Evaluations and Translations as a part-time evaluator and researcher. Current and prior memberships include ATA, NAFSA, AACRAO, TACRAO, and TAICEP. She currently serves on the Scholarship and Publications Committee of AICE, the Association of International Credential Evaluators. Barbara has authored/co-authored ten country profiles for the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems Around the World, plus an overview of Mexican education for NAFSA IEM Spotlight in April 2014. In addition to the accomplishments detailed above, she has over 85 activities as a committee member, consultant, panelist, moderator, session presenter, and workshop leader in comparative international education. She is the recipient of the 2015 NAFSA Region III Outstanding Service Award. Today, when she isn’t feigning retirement, she focuses on Hispanophone education.
Shereen Mir-Jabbar is a Senior Credentialling Officer with the Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators (CAPR) and a member of TAICEP’s Marketing and Communications Committee. She has been conducting research and evaluating educational credentials for internationally educated physiotherapists for over 9 years. Shereen has contributed to publications such as the TAICEP Talk newsletter and the WES Advisor blog and recently achieved TAICEP’s Foundation Certificate in 2019. Shereen has presented at past TAICEP conferences on fraud and degree mills, pre-arrival supports for internationally-educated professionals, and on physiotherapy education around the world.
Bettina Sümegi is a credential evaluator who has seven years of experience in credential evaluation from two ENIC-NARIC offices. She has been working for the Swedish Council for Higher Education since 2015, but she started her career as a credential evaluator at the Hungarian ENIC-NARIC office. She has been working with a wide variety of countries, from Central-Eastern Europe to the Middle East. She is responsible for developing the methodology of the Swedish ENIC-NARIC office. She has presented on best practices of credential evaluation at national conferences, mainly for a public from higher education institutions.
Registration: Registration is free and open to TAICEP members and non-members. To register, click HERE.
Date/Time: Thursday, May 7, 2020, 10:00 am to 11:00 am Eastern (11:15 if we have a lot of questions :))
Description: Join TAICEP’s panel of experts as they discuss electronic verification of educational documents. The session will include an introduction to TAICEP’s resources for electronic verification, the types and scope of electronic verification tools, and preferred examples from each presenter. The conversation will also address the privacy issues that surround online digital student data.
Presenters:
Peggy Bell Hendrickson has spent almost 20 years combining her love of international education with her need to create lists. She’s contributed to such publications as the NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems around the World, the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE), the TAICEP Talk Newsletter, the 2010 AACRAO International Guide, the NAFSA Guide to International Student Recruitment, and others. Peggy has presented on country updates, secondary education, professional development, international transfer credits, researching international education systems, accreditation, electronic verification services, bogus institutions, and more.
Katerina Roskina of China Credential Services is the former NAFSA CEP Credential Evaluation Workshop Dean, a NAFSA 2019 and 2020 CEP Credential Evaluation Workshop Trainer, a conference presenter with extensive NAFSA National, Regional and state experience on credential evaluation, admissions and recruitment and international student integration subject matters, an active NAFSA Spotlight contributor on China-related topics. Her current leadership roles include the Chair-Elect of the Wisconsin Association of International Educators, a member of NAFSA Region V Leadership Team, and a NAFSA China MIG Vice Chair.
Registration: Registration is free and open to TAICEP members and non-members. To register, click HERE