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Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry Are Your Practices Sterling ? Arjun Vinodrai World Education Services Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry • General Practices in Document Review • Issues and Trends- WES’s Documentation Policy – – – – Receiving documents directly from institutions Communicating with applicants Trends in document verification Reviewing incoming correspondence • Status of Institutions • Discussion Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Document Review: Key Questions • Does the institution exist? • What is the status of the institution? • Does it offer the program that is indicated on the document? • Did the candidate complete the prerequisites for admission into the program that led to the credential in question? • Is the educational history logical with respect to the country in question? Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona pero.pp.ru Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Transcripts Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona www.du.ac.in/downloads/forms/TransC.pdf Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona www.juresultdirectory.org Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona The Bologna Process Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Receiving Documents Directly from Institutions • Documents must be sent directly to WES, or its partners (licensing bodies and academic institutions), by the institution for credentials from countries where this is common practice • At present this is required for 162 countries (from Anguilla to Zimbabwe) • Documents from countries where it is not common practice to send directly, are submitted for verification to the institution that issued them • Requests are sent via mail, fax and e-mail • E-Mail and Fax responses are accepted only in instances where it is known common practice Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Communicating with Applicants Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Document Verification Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona New Institutions and Status of Institutions 300 2004 250 200 1992 India Pakistan 150 100 1982 2004 50 1982 1992 0 Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona www.hec.gov.pk Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Bogus Institution Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona Arjun Vinodrai Area Specialist World Education Services Canada 45 Charles Street East, Suite 700 Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1S2 Tel: (416) 972-0070 ext 31 E-Mail: [email protected] www.wes.org/ca Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual Conference September 15-17 Phoenix, Arizona