From lweiss at latech.edu Thu Mar 19 13:16:43 2026 From: lweiss at latech.edu (Leland Weiss) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:16:43 -0500 Subject: [La-cgs] WES evaluation requirements? Message-ID: <0ecc147d-4e32-40d1-9ce3-f38fb8b32588@office.latech.edu> Good afternoon from LA Tech everyone, We are discussing whether to require WES (or similar) transcript evaluations as a standard requirement for international student applications. A few programs on campus already require this, but there is no institution-wide evaluation mandate. A few institutions are requiring it, I'd appreciate knowing how you're all approaching this and whether you have any general thoughts or feedback on it. Yours, -Leland -- Leland Weiss, PhD Dean of the Graduate School Thurman Lauret Professor Professor, Mechanical Engineering Louisiana Tech University office: (318) 257-5113 email:lweiss at latech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sanjay.Menon at lsus.edu Thu Mar 19 15:35:36 2026 From: Sanjay.Menon at lsus.edu (Menon, Sanjay) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:35:36 +0000 Subject: [La-cgs] WES evaluation requirements? In-Reply-To: <0ecc147d-4e32-40d1-9ce3-f38fb8b32588@office.latech.edu> References: <0ecc147d-4e32-40d1-9ce3-f38fb8b32588@office.latech.edu> Message-ID: Hi Leland, At LSUS, we don?t do in-house evaluations. Instead, require students to submit evaluations from companies that belong to NACES or AICE: Students who attended institutions outside the United States should submit complete academic records for a course-by-course evaluation using one of the member institutions of the following organizations: ? National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) www.naces.org OR ? Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) www.aice-eval.org Foreign medical graduates may submit evaluation through: ? Federation Credentials Verification Service https://www.fsmb.org/fcvs/ OR ? Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates www.ecfmg.org WES is a member of NACES. Hope that helps! Sanjay Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D. Dean of Graduate Studies and International Students Professor of Management Director of India Studies Louisiana State University Shreveport Office: (318) 797-5247 Fax: (318) 798-4120 www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaytmenon One University Place Shreveport, Louisiana 71115 [LSUS_Secondary_RGB Purple-Gold_email] From: La-cgs On Behalf Of Leland Weiss Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2026 1:17 PM To: la-cgs at lists.latech.edu Subject: [La-cgs] WES evaluation requirements? Good afternoon from LA Tech everyone, We are discussing whether to require WES (or similar) transcript evaluations as a standard requirement for international student applications. A few programs on campus already require this, but there is no institution-wide evaluation mandate. A few institutions are requiring it, I'd appreciate knowing how you're all approaching this and whether you have any general thoughts or feedback on it. Yours, -Leland -- Leland Weiss, PhD Dean of the Graduate School Thurman Lauret Professor Professor, Mechanical Engineering Louisiana Tech University office: (318) 257-5113 email: lweiss at latech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1090 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From jason.bodily at lsuhs.edu Thu Mar 19 16:20:10 2026 From: jason.bodily at lsuhs.edu (Bodily, Jason) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:20:10 +0000 Subject: [La-cgs] WES evaluation requirements? In-Reply-To: <0ecc147d-4e32-40d1-9ce3-f38fb8b32588@office.latech.edu> References: <0ecc147d-4e32-40d1-9ce3-f38fb8b32588@office.latech.edu> Message-ID: Hi Leland, We require WES evaluation (or equivalent service) on foreign transcripts. Because it is costly, we try to be flexible about provisional or informal evaluations during the application process, but they need to have a formal evaluation before matriculation. Jason ________________________________ From: La-cgs on behalf of Leland Weiss Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2026 1:16 PM To: la-cgs at lists.latech.edu Subject: [La-cgs] WES evaluation requirements? You don't often get email from lweiss at latech.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: THIS EMAIL ORIGINATED OUTSIDE OF LSUHS. For protection: verify sender first, and NEVER input usernames or passwords. Use the "PHISH ALERT" button to report questionable emails or contact IT Helpdesk (SHVHelp at lsuhs.edu). Good afternoon from LA Tech everyone, We are discussing whether to require WES (or similar) transcript evaluations as a standard requirement for international student applications. A few programs on campus already require this, but there is no institution-wide evaluation mandate. A few institutions are requiring it, I'd appreciate knowing how you're all approaching this and whether you have any general thoughts or feedback on it. Yours, -Leland -- Leland Weiss, PhD Dean of the Graduate School Thurman Lauret Professor Professor, Mechanical Engineering Louisiana Tech University office: (318) 257-5113 email: lweiss at latech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: