Author: Mark A. Ashwill

Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery?

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The Global Institute of Strategic Management (GISM), which has close ties to Akamai University, a Hawaii-based school that appears on my list of unaccredited US institutions, has a logo that bears a striking resemblance to the Great Seal of a certain US federal executive department charged with implementing that country's foreign policy.  Compare the above logo with that on the US … Continue reading Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery?

AmCham Scholars Program

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I spent an afternoon last week interviewing candidates for the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam - Hanoi Chapter (AmCham Hanoi) Scholarship Program.  My fellow panelists and I were charged with evaluating their interpersonal skills, achievement orientation, analytical skills and problem-solving skills through a series of questions.  In addition, the students had to respond to a pre-assigned topic about … Continue reading AmCham Scholars Program

Study Abroad Opportunities in Vietnam for US Students

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By Elaine Hirsch, Guest Blogger Vietnam offers a multitude of experiences for U.S. students who want to go off the beaten path.  Most programs range from a few weeks to a semester and involve a variety of fields of academic study.  US students who choose Vietnam as a study abroad destination are members of a rather exclusive … Continue reading Study Abroad Opportunities in Vietnam for US Students

MapleBear Canadian Kindergarten: Teaching Kids to Throw Garbage in the Garbage Bin

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We teach our kids to throw garbage in the garbage bin, not on the street.  An interesting way to market a kindergarten.  It's not about learning to communicate, play, and interact with others appropriately; it's about teaching your children to become good citizens by disposing of their waste properly.  It's true that there is a distressing shortage of environmental awareness among … Continue reading MapleBear Canadian Kindergarten: Teaching Kids to Throw Garbage in the Garbage Bin

At Home in Việt Nam

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This is the name of a blog created by Becky Gordon, an English teacher in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program in Hanoi.  As she writes in the introduction, "this monthly blog will chronicle the students’ lives in Viet Nam outside the SYA classroom. A process of sharing and peer-editing in their English class will precede all … Continue reading At Home in Việt Nam

Spring 2012 StudyUSA Community College Fairs

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Vietnam now ranks 8th among all countries sending students to the US, according to the 2011 Open Doors international academic mobility report, with nearly 15,000 students, three-quarters of whom are undergraduates.  Of that 75%, the majority begin their studies at a community college.  Capstone Vietnam's StudyUSA Community College (CC) Fairs in Vietnam cover all three regions of … Continue reading Spring 2012 StudyUSA Community College Fairs

Hieu’s Story

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Money may not buy happiness but it can buy security, quality healthcare and access to educational opportunity, among other goodies that also happen to be rights.  A lack of it can mean the difference between standing on the outside looking in and entering.  You can see and maybe touch but you cannot have.  A lack of … Continue reading Hieu’s Story

International Educator Turns 2!

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My first post was two years ago this month.  It was an autumn of change in my professional life as I transitioned from my work as country director of IIE-Vietnam to founder and managing director of Capstone Vietnam, a Hanoi-based human resource development company.  From the public to the non-profit to the for-profit sector in a span of … Continue reading International Educator Turns 2!

Happy Thanksgiving…

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from Vietnam to all of my US friends and colleagues!  My favorite US holiday except when I was a grad student and had to spend much of the long holiday weekend catching up on reading and writing papers...  And yes, you can get a delicious Thanksgiving dinner in Vietnam, if you know where to look. 

“Our Member Universities are the leaders in on line distance learning…”

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I feel so empowered!  🙂  I just received an email from Martha (or whatever her/his/its name is), an Academic Counselor at College Degree Fast, the subject of a previous post, informing me that my requested degree choice Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration has been approved by the following accredited universities: Central Western University    (Texas) Southern National University  … Continue reading “Our Member Universities are the leaders in on line distance learning…”