Life is full of surprises. The Institute of International Education (IIE), a US nonprofit best known for its administration of the Fulbright Program, the US Government's flagship international exchange program, is partnering with the US Commercial Service in Vietnam to offer two US higher education fairs on 6 April in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and … Continue reading Education Makes Strange Bedfellows
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
And the Winners Are…
Here are the top (most frequently read) five posts for the past week in descending order: What’s in a Name? Bill Gates School in Hanoi (25.3.11) Wikileaks & Vietnam (17.12.10) College of Charleston Establishes Center of Vietnamese Enterprise (25.7.10) Of Student Visas & Community Colleges (14.11.10) Nationally Accredited U.S. Institutions with a Vietnam Connection (13.7.10) As you can see, this eclectic … Continue reading And the Winners Are…
Survey for Current & Future Vietnamese Students in the US
I’m conducting a brief and impressionistic (i.e., unscientific) survey is to collect some basic information about the post-graduation plans of young Vietnamese who are either currently studying in the US or are planning to do so. I will post the results here if I received a sufficient number of replies. Please e-mail me at markashwill[AT]hotmail.com … Continue reading Survey for Current & Future Vietnamese Students in the US
David Shear’s US Senate Confirmation Hearing
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing “to examine the nominations of David Bruce Shear, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (my italics), and Kurt Walter Tong, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) … Continue reading David Shear’s US Senate Confirmation Hearing
What’s in a Name? Bill Gates School in Hanoi
Yes, dear readers, there is a Bill Gates School (BGS) in Hanoi, which consists of a kindergarten and an elementary school. I saw an ad in my neighborhood and thought I'd check it out. Perhaps the founders were inspired by several visits to the City of Peace by the Man Himself and his Microsoft success … Continue reading What’s in a Name? Bill Gates School in Hanoi
Regionally Accredited (US) Programs in Vietnam
Attention Regionally Accredited US Colleges & Universities With Programs in Vietnam: In recent years there has been a steady growth in the number and type of US higher education programs in Vietnam. I have documented some of them on this blog and am now attempting to create a database of all known and active programs here offered … Continue reading Regionally Accredited (US) Programs in Vietnam
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Of Sham Universities & SEVIS Approved Schools
Fact: The United States is the world’s leading host of unaccredited schools, also known as rogue providers. Fact: The US State Department represents officially (i.e., regionally and nationally) accredited colleges and universities. Fact: One of the three criteria that consular officers use to make the determination whether or not an applicant "is entitled to a nonimmigrant … Continue reading Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Of Sham Universities & SEVIS Approved Schools
Trends in International Student Flows to the US
Below are two charts with visuals of the top 15 sending countries in 2000 and the top 25 in 2010. The "fields of study" map at the bottom is a bonus. Using Open Doors data, Vietnam's enrollment in 2001/02 was 2531 and was 13,112 in 2009/10, a 518% increase. Top 15 Countries for 2000 Top 25 … Continue reading Trends in International Student Flows to the US
TV Program: NOVA & US Community Colleges
On 22 February JoAnn Benjamin, International Student Advisor at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), and I taped an interview with Ha Quyen, host of the popular Hanoi Television (HTV) program Study Abroad Window (Cửa Sổ Du Học). The program, which aired this morning on HTV at 8:10 a.m. and will be broadcast again on Monday, 14 March at … Continue reading TV Program: NOVA & US Community Colleges
6 in 10 Vietnamese Students in the US Enrolled at Community Colleges
According to the 2010 Open Doors international academic mobility report, the number of international students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by a modest 3% to 690,923 during the 2009/10 academic year. As in the previous academic year, Vietnam ranks 9th overall and 2nd in international enrollment at community colleges after South Korea. … Continue reading 6 in 10 Vietnamese Students in the US Enrolled at Community Colleges
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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