Education in Mexico
An overview of Mexico’s education system, including accreditation and credential evaluation issues, and of recent mobility trends to and from Mexico.
A Common Anglophone Curriculum under the West African Examinations Council
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews SIGN UP FOR THE WAEC EXAMINATION WEBINAR Established in 1952, the West African Examinations Council, known commonly as WAEC, is a regional examination body headquartered in Accra, Ghana that conducts standardized school-level examinations in the five…
How to Obtain Authentic International Academic Credentials
By WES Staff The great majority of students who travel to the United States to study do so at great expense. Their ambition is to further their education and earn the skills and qualifications necessary to help them succeed academically and professionally. But before they…
Malaysia: Shifting Mobility with Branch Campuses
Alejandro Ortiz, WES Research & Advisory Services Malaysia became a mainstream international higher education player in the late 1990’s after the government introduced a series of policy shifts aimed at liberalizing its higher education system. As a result of these reforms private education boomed, expanding from…
A Look Back at 40 Years of WES with Executive Director Mariam Assefa
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews In 1974, in its first year of operations, a fledgling World Education Services (WES) completed credential evaluations for 20 foreign-educated individuals. Fast forward 40 years to 2014 and the now-largest foreign credential evaluation organization in North…