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Download full textWorld Education Services, 2018
World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit organization with over 40 years of experience in assessing academic credentials from more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and 40,000 educational institutions. Because many refugees are unable to obtain verifiable documents, the assessment of their qualifications calls for a different approach…
Descriptors: Refugees, Pilot Projects, Credentials, Foreign Countries
World Education Services, 2018
World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit organization with over 40 years of experience in assessing academic credentials from more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and 40,000 educational institutions. Because many refugees are unable to obtain verifiable documents, the assessment of their qualifications calls for a different approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Pilot Projects, Credentials
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Direct linkStreitwieser, Bernhard; Loo, Bryce; Ohorodnik, Mara; Jeong, Jisun – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
This paper examines current interventions to reduce barriers to access into higher education for refugees in North America and Europe. We analyze a diversity of interventions sponsored by host governments, higher education institutions, foundations, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals. These interventions differ in size, delivery…
Descriptors: Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education, Barriers
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2016
The third ACECQA Occasional Paper examines activities to promote consistency and efficiency in the implementation and administration of the National Quality Framework (NQF). Striving for consistency and efficiency is a collaborative effort between the eight state and territory regulatory authorities, the Australian Government and ACECQA. This…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Guidelines, Program Administration, Child Care
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010
A summative evaluation of the Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCRP) funded by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) was conducted during the spring, summer and fall of 2008. The main objective of the evaluation was to measure the relevance, impacts, and cost-effectiveness of the program. Given the timing of the evaluation…
Descriptors: Credentials, Recognition (Achievement), Immigrants, Summative Evaluation
Palameta, Boris; Gyarmati, David; Leckie, Norm; Kankesan, Tharsni; Dowie, Michael – Centre for Literacy, 2013
"The Measures of Success" (MoS) project set out to develop, implement, and present the results of an evaluation model that could assess longer-term outcomes of workplace education programs for increasing literacy and Essential Skills. The model was tested at 18 work sites in Manitoba and Nova Scotia and included training programs that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Job Skills, Skill Development
Kerfoot, Caroline – 2001
The impacts of the adult basic education and training (ABET) courses offered by the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) in South Africa's Northern Cape Province were examined. Data were collected through questionnaires, open-ended and semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis. Of the 221 students enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
