[3] International students use credential evaluations to present their previous coursework and grades to universities anywhere for admission.
[5] As universities face declining public financial support and the pressure to keep tuition affordable, academic institutions have relied on international students to offset the rising cost of higher education.
[6] The majority of international students in the United States are from China, India and South Korea.
[7] However, there has been a large and steady growth in the number of international students from Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nigeria.
Instead as of April 2013, the CIC has designated seven credential evaluation agencies to provide assessments for those immigrating to Canada.
[20] The Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in the Arab States was held in 1978 to “adopt terminology and evaluation criteria as similar as possible… in order to simplify the application of a system which will ensure the comparability of credits, subjects of study and diplomas” and to encourage student mobility across borders.
[21] Eighteen states signed the convention including Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.