School FAQs

What is American Education Partners?

American Education Partners is an organization of international education professionals that have combined their knowledge and experience in international student admissions, advising and recruitment, ESL teaching, and housing placement to create one of the most comprehensive American school placement services available.

What is the AEP Mission?

The AEP mission is to help make an American education a reality for students from every part of the world. This is accomplished by providing an affordable and simple, yet highly personalized school placement service and forming partnerships with American schools and overseas advisors that have committed to delivering the best possible service and support to our students.

What kind of services does AEP offer Partner Schools?

AEP’s main objective in working with Partner Schools is to create a mutually-beneficial, long-term partnership that helps them save time and money in their international student recruiting and campus diversification goals. We do this in a number of ways:

• Simplified, cost-effective student recruitment and placement
• Acting as a single connection point for reaching international students throughout the world.
• Pre-qualifying potential applicants and providing thorough review of all application documents prior to submission to the admissions office.
• Consulting and market intelligence-sharing
• Overseas promotional and recruiting support
• Simple, risk-free student recruiting no enrolled students = no cost
• Coordination of articulation and exchange agreements with overseas institutions
• Visiting scholar search and placement service

What kind of Partner School is AEP looking for?

The ideal AEP Partner School will possess all of the following characteristics and qualities:

• A campus located in a safe, welcoming area that offers many cultural activities and attractions for international students to enjoy.
• A wide variety of popular education programs.
• Scholarships, grants or other financial aid for qualified international students.
• An ESL program that offers conditional admission to academic programs.
• A demonstrated ability and commitment to providing a full range of high-quality student support services.
• A dedicated international student admissions office with a demonstrated record of consistently providing strong student support services.
• Support for AEP’s student recruitment and application management activities.

What professional organizations does AEP have memberships with?

How does AEP recruit international students?

AEP recruits international students through a variety of channels:
- Global Network Partners based in over 80 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
- U.S.-based ESL programs that use AEP as their recommended post-ESL school placement service.
- Individual students that connect with us via our website and popular social networking sites around the world.

Who are AEP’s Global Network Partners?

AEP’s Global Network Partners are licensed and well-established school placement agencies located throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. These Global Network Partners are provided with training and student advising support by AEP staff members and current Partner School promotional material. Global Network Partners frequently visit the USA to receive further training and visit AEP Partner Schools.

What is the AEP student pre-qualification process?

AEP’s student pre-qualification process helps Partner Schools significantly reduce the amount of time and effort spent on converting inquiries to enrolled students. We do this by providing close support and representation for potential students from first inquiry through school enrollment. AEP provides students with personalized school advising services, recommends suitable Partner Schools for them, verifies their academic and financial qualifications, and works directly with your admissions office throughout the application process to ensure smooth communication and a quick acceptance decision. The result for most AEP Partner Schools is a 75% - 90%.applicant-to-enrollment conversion rate.

How is AEP unique from other international student recruiting organizations?

Unlike, most other international student recruiting services and overseas placement agencies, AEP does not require any upfront financial support for things like print or online advertising, lead-generation programs, search engine optimization, participation in overseas student recruiting fairs, or any other schemes that do not provide a 100% guaranteed return on investment. AEP simply helps your program reach more potential international students and successfully recruit them with less time, effort and expense.