For many years, there has been a large ideological divide within the American academic and academic counseling communities about the use of overseas advisors or "agents" in recruiting overseas students for American schools. Although these ideological differences will likely persist, schools that have partnered with overseas agents for assistance in recruiting students have had very positive experiences and have found them to be important, reliable and cost-effective resources for developing overseas awareness for their programs, pre-screening potential applicants, providing visa application support and pre-departure orientations.
Schools considering working with overseas recruiting agents can find reliable partners by following some specific screening steps (see last week's blog post on this topic), becoming active in international education advocacy groups like NAFSA (http://www.nafsa.org/) and AIRC (http://www.airc-education.org/), and talking with other schools who have been using overseas recruiting agents.
American Education Partners (http://www.americanedpartners.com/) is an independent, U.S.-based student placement service for international students seeking to enroll in high-quality American education programs. We specialize in helping connect American schools with a wide variety of pre-qualified international students referred by licensed and carefully-screened overseas agents throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. If your program is considering using or expanding the use of overseas recruiting agents, contact AEP at: info@americanedpartners.com to learn how we can help be your connection to the world.
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