Who are we?
Global Placement Specialists, Inc. (GPS) is an international company, headquartered in Washington DC providing educational and professional services to qualified international applicants to help them secure academic or professional placements in the United States. GPS operates two distinct programs: the University Placement Program and the Professional Placement Program.
University Placement Program
The University Placement Program stands alone in the arena of international student recruitment. Our aim is to match well-prepared students with outstanding degree programs at affordable, accredited, public and private U.S. universities and to provide exceptional support services for both our students and the universities in our Network. Most universities in the GPS University Group either offer generous scholarships to qualified students or charge modest tuition to all accepted international students.
The GPS University Placement Program also includes extensive services for both the students and the universities after admission to give the international student the knowledge and skills needed to succeed while studying in the USA and to improve the university's on campus international student program in order to increase student satisfaction and retention. Through GPS students can be confident that they will obtain a quality education, pay low application fees, receive exceptional support services before and during their college education, and in most cases receive a generous financial scholarship. Through the GPS University Group, participating universities have access to a range of services designed to improve campus international student programs by staff training, improve the effectiveness of their international recruitment, greatly improve retention rates for international students, and provide vital rich and rewarding cross-cultural opportunities for the university and the general community.
Professional Placement Program
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The Founders
Richard W. Ferrin, Ravi Pradhan, and Ted Samaras bring decades of executive level experience in, higher education, international marketing, international consulting, recruiting, human resources, organizational development, proven successful experience in multiple start-ups and turnarounds to guide GPS to its goals.
