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March 12, 2023

Silicon Valley Bank collapse – how will it affect Edtech?

On Friday 10 March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed and the US bank regulator - the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - occupied the bank’s Santa Clara, California, headquarters, declared

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December 30, 2022

US college admission fraud mastermind faces 6 years in prison

The long running US college admission fraud scandal is finally drawing to a close, and the man behind it all - William 'Rick' Singer - will soon face his day

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November 12, 2022

New AIRC standards cover education agents

In a statement on 9 November 2022, the Executive Director of the American International Recruitment Council (AIRC), Brian Whalen, officially launched the International Enrollment Management (IEM) Standards for Higher Education

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July 22, 2022

UniApplyNow: another aggregator enters the fray

In a Linkedin post on 13 July 2022, Jenny Nieveen, the president and CEO of OHLA Schools in the US, announced the launch of "new AI University Admission Platform" UniApplyNow.

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April 14, 2022

US Embassy in New Delhi alleges fraud by 7 education agents

Media outlets in India are reporting that the Delhi Police have arrested as many as 20 people on suspicion of migration fraud. The arrests are reportedly based on complaints from

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January 30, 2022

US recovers $450k from convicted education agent

In late December 2021 the United States Attorney’s Office announced that $454,945 recovered from the forfeited assets of Keenam “Kason” Parkto would be distributed to his victims. Through his company

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September 21, 2021

Is the US ruling out education agents (again)?

Back in 2013 the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) in the US changed the approach and language in its Statement of Principles of Good Practice to remove what

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July 11, 2021

Education Agents – Represent Northern Academy of the Arts

Northern Academy of the Arts is a high school and middle school, offering grades 6 to12, located in Middletown, New York. It is accredited by the Middle States Association Commissions

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August 23, 2020

US: Criminal education agent brings down TV star

In March 2019 a US college admissions scandal was making headlines around the world, mainly because several television and movie stars were implicated. The mastermind of the scheme - which basically

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May 27, 2020

Former USC admissions officer pleads guilty to fraud

In early April 2020 Hiu Kit David Chong, a former University of Southern California admissions official, agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of fraud in the US. Chong

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December 7, 2019

FBI arrests EduBoston owner

At the end of September 2019 US based education agency EduBoston abruptly shut up shop leaving client schools and hundreds of Chinese international students with unpaid tuition fees (see Boston

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October 12, 2019

US: Education agent cheats Congolese students

Three Congolese students in who dreamed of studying in the US claim that that education agent Patrice Ognogo of The Neighbourhood Good Samaritan Center ripped them off for thousands of

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August 22, 2019

Alert: University of Northern New Jersey

In late 2013 US federal agents set up a fake college called the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) to support investigations into student visa fraud, and in particular criminal

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August 11, 2019

NAFSA report: can education agents reverse US fortunes?

Back in May NAFSA released a short report titled Losing Talent: An Economic and Foreign Policy Risk America Can't Ignore. It focuses on the decline in international student enrollment in

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June 16, 2019

US Consulate Chennai warning on education agents

The US Consulate Chennai has tweeted a warning about "[education] agents who illegally promise US visas for a fee." https://twitter.com/USAndChennai/status/1136887658427375621 In 2018 the US Department of State officially endorsed the use of

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March 23, 2019

US aims to reverse drop in international student numbers

The US State Department's deputy assistant secretary for academic programs - Caroline Casagrande - says the US is aiming to increase international student numbers by making itself a more welcoming and attractive

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March 18, 2019

Education Agent Alert: William Rick Singer

It's not often that education agent scandals become front page news. If you've even glanced at the news in the last few days you will already be aware of the

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March 14, 2019

University of Minnesota international students learn about sexual violence

University of Minnesota international students are being offered several student-led workshops on sexual violence. Ericka Lara is the president of the Council of International Graduate Students, which is delivering the Sexual

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March 8, 2019

Art Institute of Seattle folds

The Art Institute of Seattle will close today for financial reasons. The sudden news has come as a shock to students - including international students - who are now left

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March 1, 2019

Forbes: Top 50 US colleges for international students 2019

Forbes has published its list of the top 50 US colleges for international students in 2019. How did they do it? Forbes applies a range of weighted criteria to US colleges for

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