1. International Transfer AN OVERVIEW FROM TWO MINNESOTAN UNIVERSITIES

2. Your Presenters Today  Sarah Curtin  Assistant Director Transfer Admissions and First Year International Admissions  Winona State University, Winona, MN  scurtin@winona.edu scurtin@winona.edu  507-457-5511  Aimee Thostenson  Associate Director, International Admission  St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN  Aethostenson@stkate.edu Aethostenson@stkate.edu  651-690-6029

3. Resources  NAFSA: conferences & online country guides  AACRAO: conferences and Edge database  WES: webinars - Free!  EducationUSA: https://educationusa.state.gov/  The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals (TAICEP): http://www.taicep.org/

4. How to evaluate transcripts: The documents  Accreditation  Verification  Special considerations  Canada - are bachelor's degrees always equivalent?  UK - Advanced Levels  Virgin Islands - dual curriculum offered in the same area/country  US-style universities outside the USA

5. How to evaluate transcripts: The documents AACRAO Edge - http://edge.aacrao.org/

6. How to evaluate transcripts: The documents  Government  Bulgaria Ministry of Education, Youth, and Science: https://www2.mon.bg/AdminRHE2/ https://www2.mon.bg/AdminRHE2/  Ecuador National Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation (SENESCYT): http://www.senescyt.gob.ec/web/guest/consulta-de-tituloshttp://www.senescyt.gob.ec/web/guest/consulta-de-titulos  Chile Ministry of Education: http://w7app.mineduc.cl/appCertTGR/view/indexhttp://w7app.mineduc.cl/appCertTGR/view/index  Mexico Secretary of Public Education: http://www.cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/indexAvanzada.action http://www.cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/indexAvanzada.action  Moldova Ministry of Education and Higher Education: http://ctice.md:8082/verif/http://ctice.md:8082/verif/  Ukraine OSVITA: https://osvita.net/en/verificationdoc/https://osvita.net/en/verificationdoc/  China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center: http://www.chsi.com.cn/en/ (need an account with Chinese currency that can only be set up from China) http://www.chsi.com.cn/en/

7. How to evaluate transcripts: The documents  University-based  Catholic University of Peru: http://www.pucp.edu.pe/content/popup/certificaciones.htm http://www.pucp.edu.pe/content/popup/certificaciones.htm  Australian National University: www.anu.edu.au/sas/graduation/graduate_search/index.php www.anu.edu.au/sas/graduation/graduate_search/index.php  Curtin University of Technology: http://graduations.curtin.edu.au/verification/http://graduations.curtin.edu.au/verification/  Deakin University: www.deakin.edu.au/gradsearch/search.phpwww.deakin.edu.au/gradsearch/search.php  Edith Cowan University: www.ecu.edu.au/alumni/graduation-verification- servicewww.ecu.edu.au/alumni/graduation-verification- service

8. How to evaluate transcripts: The institutional process  Internal university process  Who manages the process?  Who requests additional information (ie. Course descriptions)?  How are credits evaluated for graduation requirements (I.e. elective credit vs. Credit for major)?

9. Communicating policy to prospective students  Prospective Applicants/Inquiries  Transfer Guides for high school visits and education fairs  Website/email  Applicants  Direct correspondence regarding transfer credit and degree evaluation - during admission process & upon enrollment  Enrolled students  Transfer credits for classes taken outside the USA during summer break

10. In-house vs. Independent Evaluations  In-house  Training - initial and ongoing  Resources  Staffing  Requires ECE, WES or IERF  Independent  How to select the right evaluation company  Document policies?  NACES member?  Support services?  Consistency?  Responsiveness to questions?  Institution makes final decision on TR credits

11. Sample In-house evaluation

14. Sample WES evaluation

15. Sample ECE evaluation

16. Scholarships & Housing  Winona State University  Students may receive a Cross-Cultural Scholarship  Other scholarships include the Presidential Scholarship and a Transfer Scholarship - both have the same requirements as Domestic students  Housing -not required, but recommended. Housing office works very close with the WSU International Office to make sure they have space available.  St. Catherine University  International students  Same criteria as used for FF  Based on IFI - not gpa alone  Immigrant students  Based on gpa (for TR), Phi Theta Kappa  Housing guaranteed but not required for all international students. Housing available for immigrant students via regular sign-up deadlines.

17. Questions? Sarah Curtin scurtin@winona.edu Aimee Thostenson Aethostenson@stkate.edu