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International Membership

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With AACRAO membership you'll be connected to more than 11,000 members from institutions around the world. Facilitate your professional development by attending discounted meetings, gaining complimentary subscriptions to our College & University journal and more.

Why should you join? From professional development opportunities to forging connections that will help you in setting down career stones, there's more than one reason. 

Apply for International Membership

Is your institution already a member? Apply to join the roster.
Want to join independently? Apply without an institution.

 

Annual Membership Price: Starting at $302

Requirements: YOU MUST BE AT A POSTSECONDARY DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OR APPROPRIATE MINISTRY IN YOUR COUNTRY AND AUTHORIZED TO GRANT DEGREES.

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AACRAO Edge

When education standards change, new credentials are awarded, or foreign education systems are reorganized, AACRAO EDGE utilizes the expertise of the International Education Standards Council (IESC) to review and update our database.

Professional Competencies

Work on your skills like diversity and inclusion, interpretation and application of institutional and external data, and leadership. We have the tools for you.

Online Learning

From free webinars to self-paced on-demand learning, AACRAO's online learning covers a variety of subjects—technology, strategic enrollment management, admissions, FERPA, transfer, credential evaluation, and international education—and allow you to engage with the presenters and instructors.

Take the next step in your career

AACRAO's Career Navigator is a wealth of job postings and resources for training. 

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Get Published

AACRAO's professional journals College & University and SEM Quarterly are always accepting articles and have a wide circulation base.

Research Opportunities

Leverage the expertise of our over 11,000 members and contribute to one of the premier sources of practice related research within the global higher education community. 

Join a committee

Do work you're passionate about, with support and mentoring from fellow members. From Caucuses to specialized topics, it's all one community, no matter where in the world your institution is located. 


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AACRAO's bi-weekly professional development e-newsletter

AACRAO debuts enhanced credential evaluation database

Feb 10, 2020, 17:46 PM
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Summary : Exciting new features will soon be unveiled in AACRAO EDGE, the Electronic Database for Global Education.
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Exciting new features are set to be unveiled in AACRAO EDGE, the Electronic Database for Global Education.

About EDGE: A resource for international admissions and credential evaluation professionals 

Established in 2004, AACRAO EDGE is the definitive resource for evaluating the prior learning of internationally educated students.

The placement recommendations and grading scale conversions in EDGE are approved by the International Education Standards Council, a body that represents the consensus expert opinion in the United States.

EDGE includes background information on the educational system of the country, a visual credential ladder which showcases common pathways for students, and details the Ministries (and other pertinent bodies in the educational system) for validation and verification of specific credentials. 

Updates to EDGE

AACRAO EDGE has a completely redesigned, responsive user interface (see example page below). To improve clarity, the new release reorganizes the layout of Resources, Grading Scales, and Educational Ladders to make it easier to evaluate the credential in front of you. User profiles will be updated to allow subscribers one single sign-on across all of AACRAO to access exclusive members/subscriber content. And for access on the go, the update has increased mobile functionality.

Other features debuting include: 

  • Enhanced Search: Responsive to the needs of current users, we have enhanced the search function across the database, incorporating tags/key words on credentials to make them easier to locate. Once the country of origin has been selected, typing the name of the credential will quickly filter out other results. 

  • Emergent News: When current events impact the availability of documentation or significant educational events merit acknowledgement, we will inform you through a new feature called Emergent News. This section will provide details useful in informing decisions about how best to address situations that students are experiencing firsthand, sortable by country. 

  • Recent Updates: The new AACRAO EDGE will highlight recent changes and updates, sorted by country and catalogued by date, to ensure user awareness of significant profile additions and edits. 

  • User Bookmarks: Are you regularly responsible for evaluating credentials from a certain country or countries? In the new release of EDGE, you will be able to bookmark your most commonly accessed profiles and quickly review a consolidated list of all of the recent updates. 

  • Suggest an Update: Do you have recent information that we are not yet reflecting? We’ve streamlined the process to contact us; we want to immediately get started with the research and confidently provide a substantive edit for all users, and any provided background information will accelerate that process.

Basically, every facet of EDGE is better, with even more improvements to come.

To learn more and get a preview of the new EDGE, join us at the free pre-conference workshop at the AACRAO Annual Meeting in New Orleans, and visit edge.aacrao.org and secure your subscription at the current rate for the coming year ahead of the debut of the new version this spring.  


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  • International Admissions
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