Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a weeklong training organized in Hanoi by the National Institute of Education Management (NIEM), a unit of the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET). I spoke to a total of 120 Vietnamese higher education leaders about accreditation and quality assurance from a US perspective, as well as … Continue reading Training for Vietnam’s Higher Education Leaders
Month: December 2010
Old (But Interesting) News
Ms. Virginia E. Palmer, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Hanoi, Welcomes California Miramar University's 6th MBA Cohort (Source: California Miramar University) This is the kind of headline that immediately conjures up images of MasterCard's Priceless advertising campaign. Having two U.S. Embassy representatives, including a deputy chief of mission, and the country director of … Continue reading Old (But Interesting) News
U.S. Higher Education Delegation Visit: A Sign of the Times
Last month, a group of U.S. higher education colleagues representing some of America’s finest colleges and universities came to Vietnam to explore opportunities for cooperation, including intensive English and university pathway programs, student recruitment, custom-designed short programs, professional Master’s degree programs, certificate programs, research that cuts across institutional and national boundaries, study abroad programs for … Continue reading U.S. Higher Education Delegation Visit: A Sign of the Times
Education Mission 2011: Indonesia & Vietnam
This April 2011 "education mission" to Indonesia and Vietnam, organized by the US Department of Commerce and described below, is most suitable for newcomers to the Vietnam market. Check out the BuyUSA.gov website for more information. On a side note: this event should dispel any doubts you may have had about the importance of education and these … Continue reading Education Mission 2011: Indonesia & Vietnam
The Times They Are a-Changin’: Agency-Based Recruitment
Agency-based recruitment has belatedly been embraced by U.S. colleges and universities even as it is becoming passé, one example among many that the US has much to learn from the rest of the world. It is only one of a growing number of options in the international student recruitment "bag of tricks" and already has limited utility in increasingly competitive markets such as Vietnam. Those schools … Continue reading The Times They Are a-Changin’: Agency-Based Recruitment
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