Abstract
An increasingly contentious issue in international education for American institutions of higher education is the practice of paying agencies to recruit international students. Many fear that the monetary incentive for these recruiting agencies fosters widespread unethical practices and jeop- ardizes any focus on the students’ best interests. The author of this article proposes that the U.S. should introduce an accreditation system for re- cruiting agencies modeled after the system for accrediting institutions of higher education. The author concludes that this accreditation system would promote the best interests of international students and also benefit U.S. colleges by main- taining the use of recruiting agencies as an option to enrich their campus’ cultural diversity and in- ternationalization efforts.
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Lisa
(2012)
"End the Debate Now: Accreditation for International Student
Recruiting Agencies,"
MAGIS: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/magis/vol6/iss1/15