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Meet an IEM Newcomer: Kat Hugins

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents Kat Hugins is the graduate admissions and international services coordinator at The George Washington University. Where I live: Alexandria, Virginia Where I was born: Cape Town, South Africa Family: My father was a foreign service officer with
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Meet an IEM Professional: Yasushi Onodera

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents Yasushi Onodera is the associate dean, international and multicultural student services at Arkansas Tech University. Where I live: Russellville, Arkansas. Proud to live in small-town USA! Where I was born: Kanagawa, Japan Family: My wife, who
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Celebrating IEM: Interview with Pamela Barrett

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents Pamela Barrett is CEO of Barton Carlyle. Her company provides services to educational institutions worldwide to support how international strategy is imagined and delivered. Mitigating and managing risk and achieving growth are increasingly
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Gaokao: National College Entrance Examinations in China

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents By: Katerina Roskina, China Credential Services Gaokao (高考) or National College Entrance Examinations (普通高等学校招生全国统一考试) is a nationwide university entrance examination administered in China. Gaokao tests the level of academic subject
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Going Paperless in an International Admissions Office

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents By: Yujian Wang and Erin Boyd, Montana State University-Bozeman Montana State University-Bozeman (MSU-Bozeman) started implementing the process of going paperless and fully digital for both domestic and international admissions in summer 2017
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Blockchain: The Future of Academic Records

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents By: Chris Jagers, Learning Machine According to UNESCO data on student flows, about 5 million people study at schools outside their country of origin. This trend is rapidly increasing with anticipated growth to 7 million students by 2030. The
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Innovation in Recruitment Technology

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents By: Ben Waxman and Cathryn Andrews, Intead* Emerging trends in recruitment technology are rapidly changing the ways academic institutions interact with prospective students around the world. A great place to start examining this changing field
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IEM Spotlight: Summer 2019

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 17, Summer Issue | Table of Contents In the current era of international education, many institutions feel as if the cards are stacked against them. With volatile rhetoric about international relations, increased global competition, and budgets cuts, we are all trying to do more
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Emotional Support Animals in Education Abroad

Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) have become an increasingly hot topic not only in the news, but more recently a growing issue in the field of education abroad. More and more, students with mental health disabilities, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and anxiety, are requesting to bring
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