2018 Sessions and Workshops

Credential evaluation philosophies are challenged when a credential from a foreign educational system does not fit into the educational structure in the home country. Take three-year first-cycle degrees, for example, and their evaluation in the United States, land of the four-year bachelor’s degre...

TAICEP members have heard of the European Higher Education Area that was established in 1998, but did you know that in 2018 the European Commission is launching new plans for a European Education Area (EEA)? The EEA has ambitious goals for the automatic recognition of qualifications within the EU re...

The Refugees and Recognition (Toolkit) project was conceived to assist ENIC-NARIC offices in developing alternative approaches to credential evaluation and recognition of qualifications held by refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation, even in cases where the documentation...

In this session the presenters will describe the adoption of the Bologna process in Africa with area overviews, and specific countries as examples. The presenters will give an overview of the Bologna characteristics (three cycles, ECTS credits, quality assurance, national qualification frameworks, a...

Unrecognized states such as Transnistria, North Ossetia, Abkhasia, Eastern Ukraine, and Crimea have been a consistent feature of the political landscape for years. While international law points both to the rights of peoples and states, the argument for territorial integrity usually wins. What kind ...

The educational system of Scotland is not the same as the rest of the United Kingdom, and has undergone significant changes in the past 20 years, especially at the secondary school level. This session will review all levels of education in Scotland, from primary through graduate study.

Germany and Norway have established recognition schemes for foreign vocational education and training (VET) qualifications. The presentation will show how the countries developed their methodology and evaluation practices in this area. Furthermore the speakers will give practical insights in the dif...

One of the challenges of credentials evaluation is working with documents in different languages. The more you rely on a translation, the more opportunities there are for you to be misled, through faulty or interpretive translations, or inadvertently. Credentials evaluators need to read native langu...

Vocational programs are common among international freshman and transfer student applicants for athletic eligibility in the U.S. This session will explore a sampling of vocational education tracks that have been pursued by prospective international student-athletes. It will focus on evaluating vocat...

Professionals in the field of higher education have been hearing about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for several years now, but have you ever been called upon to evaluate them for transfer credit? If the answer is “yes”, have you come up with an evaluation methodology or do you dismiss the...

This session will provide you with tools for establishing an efficient anti-fraudulent unit within your agency including instructions, guidelines and computer software. In addition, tips and tricks for spotting fraud in foreign credentials with a focus on credentials awarded in the Middle East will ...

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a carta de pasante and a título? What an RVOE is and how to find out if a program has it or whether a técnico program is secondary or post-secondary? This session offers an overview of the Mexican educational system and its documents. We'll rev...

Internal and external examinations are an integral part of assessing a student's academic achievement at the secondary school level in many countries. This workshop will provide an introduction to these examinations, assessment systems, and verification of results. This workshop is mandatory for any...

With the world’s population currently on the move, those of us interpreting its education can certainly run into some roadblocks. This engaging and interactive session will include an overview of challenges encountered by credential evaluators and admissions representatives when working with vulne...