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INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATION:
USING THE INTERNET
AACRAO Senior Evaluators
Peggy Bell Hendrickson and Nancy Katz
OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION
Research Sources – Official, Unofficial, Etc.
Newsletters
Publications and Databases – Free and Paid
Online Verification Examples
Diploma Mill Resources
Online Trainings
General Strategies for Evaluations
Links
OFFICIAL RESEARCH SOURCES
Commission for Higher Education
EducationUSA
Embassy
Ministry of (Higher) Education
Ministry of Health, Defense, Culture & Tourism,
Labor, Interior, Transport, etc.
University Grants Commission
UNOFFICIAL RESEARCH SOURCES
University/institution websites
Braintrack
Wikipedia
Applicants
Journal articles
Google Scholar/Books
Google Translate
ALTERNATIVES FOR GETTING RESOURCES
Your university library
Used book websites (half.com, ebay, bookfinder,
amazon, alibris.com, etc.)
InterLibrary Loan
Handouts from conferences (printed or archived online)
from AACRAO, EAIE, NAFSA, etc.
NEWS SOURCES
“The Connection” News
Daily Higher Education News (Higher Education
South Africa)
NAFSA wRAP-Up Newsletter
NUFFIC Country Monitor
World Education News and Reviews
MORE NEWS SOURCES
AACRAO Transcript
Chronicle of Higher Education – Global Newsletter
Inside Higher Ed
International.ac.uk Country Profiles and News
International newspapers online
ASKING QUESTIONS ONLINE
“The Connection” Message Board
NAFSA Admissions and Credential Evaluation (ACE)
Network
Inter-L Yahoo Group
Local international education communities, list-servs,
mailing lists, etc.
AACRAO International Activities List-Serv:
http://lists.aacrao.org/mailman/listinfo/internationalac
tivities
FREE PUBLICATIONS
EducationUSA Country Profiles
International Qualifications Assessment Service
(IQAS) Canada
NAFSA Online Guides
NORRIC - Nordic Countries
NUFFIC - The Netherlands
Researching International Education Systems and
Institutions
FREE DATABASES
Central and Eastern European Education Directory
(2005 WHED data)
CountryStudies.us
EducationUSA Resource Section
ENIC-NARIC
Eurypedia from Eurydice
FREE DATABASES CONT.
IAU Higher Education Systems
IAU List of Universities
World Education Services Country Profiles
Wisconsin Directory of International Institutions by
Country
World Data on Education
OLDER FREE PUBLICATIONS
ACE e-Bookcase
Eric.ed.gov
Handbook on Diplomas, Degrees, and Other
Certificates (2nd edition 2004)
NARIC Guide to Higher Education Systems in the
European Union (last edition 1999)
PAID PUBLICATIONS (NOT ONLINE)
AACRAO publications
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook
ECE publications
Europa World of Learning
IERF publications
International Handbook of Universities
PAID DATABASES
AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education
(EDGE)
Australian Education International Country
Education Profiles (AEI CEP)
UK NARIC International Comparisons Database
World Higher Education Database (WHED)
GROW YOUR LIBRARY
Start big, then grow smaller
Focus on large resources covering many countries
Then identify target countries/regions for more details
and specifics
Save everything!
ELECTRONIC VERIFICATIONS
University websites
York, Delhi, and Melbourne Universities
Examination Council websites
Bangladesh, CXC, WAEC (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra
Leone)
Government Request Services
China, Haiti, Iraq
Government Online Verification
Ecuador, Mexico, Moldova
York University, Canada
University of Delhi Exams
University of Melbourne
Bangladesh Secondary
Caribbean Examinations Council
West African Exams Council
China CGDGC
HAITI VERIFICATION REQUEST
Send copy of Haitian Diplome d'Etudes Secondaires to:
Ministère de l’Éducation National, de la Jeunesse, et des
Sports (MENJS)
Bureau National des Examens d’Etat (BUNEXE)
Attn: Renan Michel, Directeur du Bunexe
#5, Rue Dr. Audain
Port-au-Prince, HAITI
Iraq Verification Request
Ecuador Online Verification
Mexico Online Verification
Moldova Online Verification
OFFICIAL DIPLOMA MILL RESOURCES
CHEA Degree Mills
Maine Department of Education
Michigan Civil Service Commission
Oregon Student Assistance Commission, Office of
Degree Authorization
http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/diploma_mill.html
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
UK degree information -
http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/higher-
education/recognised-uk-degrees
UNOFFICIAL DIPLOMA MILLS RESOURCES
CredentialWatch
Degree.Net
Diploma Mill News
Get Educated
QuackWatch
ONLINE TRAINING
AACRAO Webinars
ECE Webinars
EdUSA Connects
NAFSA Webinars
WES Webinars
GENERAL EVALUATION STRATEGIES
Country Sheets
Grading Scales and Equivalencies
Country Files
Sample Sources
Your Requirements – Secondary
Your Requirements – Post-Secondary
COUNTRY SHEETS
Overview of education system
Maintain your grading scales and sources
Identify higher education institutions
Keep track of equivalency determinations
Encourages consistency among multiple evaluators
Allows for repeated outcomes for infrequent
evaluations
GRADING SCALES & EQUIVALENCIES
Country-specific publications (AACRAO, NAFSA,
ECE, NOOSR, etc.)
Databases
EducationUSA Country Fact Sheets
NAFSA ADSEC/wRAP-Up Newsletter
New Country Index
Transcripts
WES Grade Conversion
COUNTRY FILES
Likely both a physical and electronic file unless you've
gone paperless
Primary location(s) for storing data you have collected
on country/region
Summaries of emails, saved web pages, conference
handouts, evaluation notes, e-books, articles, sample
documents
Make it accessible to all but changeable by few
SAMPLE SOURCES
AACRAO EDGE
EducationUSA
Index of Secondary Credentials
NAFSA Newsletter
Shelby's Big Book of Samples
Workshops and Conferences
More Samples – Russian ENIC
More Samples – Bologna
REQUIREMENTS – SECONDARY ED
Samples
Concordia University
NCAA
Palm Beach County
University of the Fraser Valley
University of Texas at Dallas
REQUIREMENTS – POST-SECONDARY ED
Samples
Clemson University
Colorado State University
Duke University
Sussex University
University of Waterloo
University of Wisconsin-Madison
CONTACT INFORMATION
Nancy Katz:
Special Consultant
(847) 477-8569
Peggy Bell Hendrickson:
Senior Evaluator
(214) 810-1124
LINKS
EducationUSA - https://www.aei.gov.au/CEP/
Braintrack - http://www.braintrack.com/country.htm
Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.org/
Google Translate - http://translate.google.com/
Google Books - http://books.google.com/
The Connection - http://theconnection.ece.org/Home
Daily Higher Education News (Higher Education South Africa) - http://newssite.co.za/dhen.html
NAFSA wRAP-Up Newsletter - http://www.nafsa.org/groups/files.aspx?groupid=16
NUFFIC Country Monitor - http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/country-
monitor
World Education News and Reviews - http://www.wes.org/ewenr/
AACRAO Transcript - http://www2.aacrao.org/transcript/
Chronicle of Higher Education – Global Newsletter - http://chronicle.com/section/Global/433/
Inside Higher Ed - http://www.insidehighered.com/news/focus/international
International.ac.uk Country Profiles and News - http://www.international.ac.uk/member-services/country-profiles.aspx
MORE LINKS
NAFSA Admissions and Credential Evaluation (ACE) Network - http://www.nafsa.org/groups/home.aspx?groupid=16
Inter-l Yahoo Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inter-l/
EducationUSA Country Profiles - http://www.educationusa.tv/countryfactsheets/
International Qualifications Assessment Service - http://employment.alberta.ca/Immigration/12638.html
NAFSA Online Guide to Educational Systems around the World -
http://www.nafsa.org/publication.sec/epublications/online_guide_to/
NORRIC - http://norric.org/publications
NUFFIC - http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/international-education-monitor/country-monitor
Researching International Education Systems and Institutions - http://www.transcriptresearch.com/Research.pdf
Central and Eastern European Education Directory - http://www.ceebd.co.uk/ceeed/prof.htm
CountryStudies.us - http://countrystudies.us/
EducationUSA Resource Section - http://www.educationusa.info/highered.php#.T2mICdmAY3k
ENIC-NARIC - http://www.enic-naric.net/
Eurypedia from Eurydice - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/eurybase_en.php
IAU Higher Education Systems - http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/he-systems
IAU List of Universities - http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/list-heis
EVEN MORE LINKS
World Education Services Country Profiles - http://www.wes.org/ca/wedb/
Wisconsin Directory of International Institutions by Country -
http://www.grad.wisc.edu/admin/gradcoordinators/iadmiss/countrylist.html
World Data on Education - http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/services/online-materials/world-data-on-education/seventh-
edition-2010-11.html
ACE e-Bookcase - http://www.aic.lv/ace/publicat/default.htm
Eric.ed.gov - http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Handbook on Diplomas, Degrees, and Other Certificates - http://elib.rihed.seameo.org/ebook%5C1711200515367.pdf
NARIC Guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union -
http://shelbycearley.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/naric_guide.pdf
AACRAO Publications - http://www.aacrao.org/publications
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook / Association of Commonwealth Universities - http://www.acu.ac.uk/
ECE Publications - http://publications.ece.org/
Europa World of Learning - http://www.worldoflearning.com/
IERF Publications - http://ierf.org/index.php/institutions/
International Handbook of Universities - http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/ihuwhed
AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education - http://edge.aacrao.org/
SOME MORE LINKS
Australian Education International Country Education Profiles - https://www.aei.gov.au/CEP/
UK NARIC International Comparisons Database -
http://www.naric.org.uk/%5Cdocuments%5Cconference%5C2011%5CUsing%20UK%20NARIC%27s%20Online%20Datab
ases%202011.pdf
World Higher Education Database - http://www.whed-online.com/
York University - http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/graduation/yuverify/
University of Delhi - http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=136
University of Melbourne - https://sis.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/awards.pl
Bangladesh Examinations Council - http://www.educationboardresults.gov.bd/
Caribbean Examinations Council (current year only) - http://ors.cxc.org/studentportal
West African Examinations Council - http://www.waecdirect.org/ and http://www.ghanawaec.org/services.htm and
http://results.liberiawaec.org/ and http://www.waecgambia.org/resultchecker/
China CDGDC - http://www.chinadegrees.cn/en/
Iraqi verification - http://s.b5z.net/i/u/10090719/f/Authentication/Authentication_Steps_from_Iraq-E.pdf
Ecuador degree title verification - http://www.senescyt.gob.ec/web/guest
Mexico degree title verification - http://www.cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/indexAvanzada.action
Moldova education document verification - http://acte.edu.md/
YET MORE LINKS
CHEA Degree Mills - http://www.chea.org/degreemills/
Maine Department of Education - http://www.maine.gov/education/highered/Non-Accredited/non-accredited.htm
Michigan Civil Service Commission - http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Non-accreditedSchools_78090_7.pdf
Oregon Student Assistance Commission, Office of Degree Authorization -
http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/diploma_mill.html and http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.aspx
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=EF4C3C3B-EB44-4381-
6673F760B3946FBB
CredentialWatch - http://www.credentialwatch.org/non/agencies.shtml
Degree.net - http://www.degree.net/accreditation/
Diploma Mill News - http://www.diplomamillnews.blogspot.com/
Get Educated - http://www.geteducated.com/diploma-mill-police
AACRAO Webinars - http://webinar.aacrao.org/
ECE Webinars - https://www.ece.org/main/content=ECE-Learning&SubSite=2&LeftNav=5
EdUSA Connects - http://www.educationusa.info/edusa_connects/highered/
NAFSA Webinars - http://www.nafsa.org/eventsandtraining/default.aspx?id=16859 and
http://www.nafsa.org/events.sec/webinars/
WES Webinars - http://www.wes.org/webinars/index.asp
WES Grade Conversion Guide - http://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/
WOW – MORE LINKS
Shelby's Big Book of Samples - http://shelbycearley.wordpress.com/manuals/
Russian ENIC - http://www.russianenic.ru/rus/diplom.html
Europass - http://www.europass.ie/europass/
Concordia University - http://www.concordia.ab.ca/sites/default/files/Entry_Level_International_Credential_Table.pdf
Josef Silny - http://www.mdc.edu/internationalstudents/images/guide.pdf
International Academic Credentials Resource Sheet, NCAA - http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/ECMIP/Intl_Acad_Credential_Resource_Sheet.pdf
Palm Beach County - http://www.palmbeachschools.org/multicultural/documents/TranscriptGuide.pdf
University of the Fraser Valley - http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/Admissions+and+Records/Admissions/intlgrad.pdf
University of Texas at Dallas - http://www.utdallas.edu/enroll/apply/documents/Required%20Secondary%20Educational%20Credentials%2011%2015%2011.pdf
Clemson University - http://www.registrar.clemson.edu/pdf/itcel.pdf
Colorado State University - http://graduateschool.colostate.edu/documents/International-Credential-Guidebook.pdf?3/10/2012%209:39:55%20PM
Duke University - http://gradschool.duke.edu/documents/admissions/Credentials.pdf
Sussex University - http://www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/internal/documents/pg-quals-handbook-2011.pdf
University of Waterloo - http://www.grad.uwaterloo.ca/forms/admissions/placementguide.pdf
University of Wisconsin-Madison - http://www.grad.wisc.edu/admin/gradcoordinators/iadmiss/countrylist.html
USEFUL LINKS FROM OTHER EVALUATORS
Europe: Eurydice Glossary of Credentials - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/european_glossary/084EN.pdf
Europe: TEMPUS Overviews of Higher Education Systems - http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus/tools/publications_en.php
Europe: European Higher Education Arena - http://www.ehea.info/article-details.aspx?ArticleId=73
Francophone Africa: Recognized Programs and Diplomas - http://www.cames.bf.refer.org/diplome_cames/ [unstable link]
Global: Art Colleges and Art Schools around the World - http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artcolleges/index.php
Global: UNESCO International Bureau of Education: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en.html
Nursing: Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers - http://www.wenr.org/
UK: City & Guilds - http://www.cityandguilds.com/uk-qualifications.html
UK: National Health Services Careers - http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/index.shtml