This volume is designed to provide specialists in international education with a comprehensive resource that covers all aspects pertaining to the admission of international students to colleges and universities in the United States. The chapters are: (1) "Institutional Policy Issues Regarding International Students"; (2) "Recruitment Principles and Programs"; (3) "Office Procedures for Developing an International Admission Program"; (4) "Application Procedures and Forms"; (5) "Computer Support and Automation Issues"; (6) "Transfer Credit Determination and Policies"; (7) "Evaluation of Credentials"; (8) "Is it Really Real? Detecting Altered and Falsified Documents"; (9) "The Art of the Transfer Process: Two-year to Four-Year Colleges"; (10) "English Proficiency"; (11)"Certification of Finances"; (12) "Immigration Procedures"; (13) "Admission Notification and Orientation"; and (14) "Professional Development: From Admissions Advising and Counseling to Managing Staff." Appendices provide lists of resource associations, agencies, institutions, publications; organizational charts for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and the Association of International Educators. Contains an index and 70 sample documents interspersed throughout the volume. (Contains 144 references.) (JB)