For the times they are a-changin'! I (and quite a few others) recently received an email from the US Embassy-Hanoi that began thus: The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi presents its compliments to your company. On February 22, 2014, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and the Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh … Continue reading Dawn of a New Day? US State Department Reaches Out to Agents in Vietnam
Year: 2014
US Burns Through All High-Skill Visas For 2015 In Less Than A Week
Give me your highly skilled, your well-educated, your ambitious, Your best and brightest yearning to climb the proverbial career ladder and in doing so meet the desperate needs of a de-skilling and graying society, The sons and daughters of the world's educated classes, immigrants and international students alike. Send these, the talented, the promising, the … Continue reading US Burns Through All High-Skill Visas For 2015 In Less Than A Week
U.S. Student Visa Update: Upward Trend Continues
According to the latest figures from the US Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs, a record 10,867 F-1 (student) visas were issued in Fiscal Year 2013, which ended on 30 September 2013. That represents a 5% increase over FY2012. As you see from the chart below, the take-off phase, which reflects the rapidly expanding … Continue reading U.S. Student Visa Update: Upward Trend Continues
Creating and Maintaining Productive and Effective Partnerships
This was my first presentation in absentia. I was scheduled to present at the 2014 CCID Conference in late February about Creating and Maintaining Productive and Effective Partnerships for community colleges, along with my distinguished colleagues, but wasn't able to attend. Below is the abstract and list of presenters. Follow this link to download a … Continue reading Creating and Maintaining Productive and Effective Partnerships
Coming Full Circle: A Conscientious Objector Returns to Vietnam
Below are some excerpts from an article by Doug Hostetter, who is director of the Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office in New York City. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war, who did his alternative service working for Mennonite Central Committee in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969. Doug was a member of the National Student Association delegation to … Continue reading Coming Full Circle: A Conscientious Objector Returns to Vietnam
Same Same But Different
Earlier this week, on a humid evening, the air heavy with memories and raw emotion at the Cinematheque in Hanoi, I met some of the 17 members of the Veterans for Peace Chapter 160 Spring 2014 Tour, who are here for a two-week visit, including Hanoi, Dong Ha/A Luoi, Khe Sanh, Danang, Hue, Hoi An … Continue reading Same Same But Different
2014 VSN International Conference “What Is A Good University?”
I was recently invited to speak at a conference in Hanoi organized by the Vietnam Scholar Network (VSN), the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) and the University of Education, and sponsored by the British Embassy Hanoi. The conference, which was kicked off with remarks from Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Duc, Vice President, … Continue reading 2014 VSN International Conference “What Is A Good University?”
Five-Minute Glass: What Our Government Sees When It Looks Out the Window
Below is an excerpt from a recent article written by Daniel H. Garrett, a former US Department of State foreign service officer and currently a senior associate at The Asia Institute. I am posting it because it offers an insider's view of the work of US consular officers, including student visas. In addition to … Continue reading Five-Minute Glass: What Our Government Sees When It Looks Out the Window
The New College Guide: How to Get In, Get Out, and Get a Job – 100 Questions to Ask About College
How to Get In, Get Out, and Get a Job - 100 Questions to Ask About College - by Marguerite J. Dennis, who has been recruiting internationally for over 25 years, first at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. then at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. (Follow this link to read her bio on the MJDennis … Continue reading The New College Guide: How to Get In, Get Out, and Get a Job – 100 Questions to Ask About College
Interesting Facts About the Vietnam Education Foundation
This is a recent search engine term that brought some unsuspecting netizen to my blog. It reminded me of a recent conversation with a young Vietnamese who was a Fulbrighter a couple of years ago. He insisted that Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) funding was from the U.S. government because that's what a VEF official told … Continue reading Interesting Facts About the Vietnam Education Foundation
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