A recent phenomenon in U.S. higher education has been the creation of state consortia as a cost-effective means of promoting a state's colleges and universities overseas as well as raising the profile of that state. Aside from the many well-known intrinsic benefits of hosting international students, there is the economic justification. The 671,616 international students … Continue reading State Int’l Education Consortia: Strength in Unity
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
World University Project
From the project website, brought to my attention by a Vietnamese graduate of Cambridge University: A UK-based charity established by international students at Cambridge and Oxford in 2007, the World University Project was founded to advance the understanding and development of higher education around the world. We do this primarily in the following ways: The … Continue reading World University Project
“EducationUSA Advising Moves Into the U.S. Embassy & Consulate”
This announcement was uploaded to IIE-Vietnam's website on 25 November. It mentions (rather indirectly) the fact that the Ho Chi Minh City office will be closed in a few months and that advising services will no longer be available in the Hanoi office after the "transition." http://www.iievn.org/WebPage/Default/DetailNews.aspx?parentCateId=61&id=304 Why? Most likely political and financial reasons - in that order. Education has become an … Continue reading “EducationUSA Advising Moves Into the U.S. Embassy & Consulate”
Vietnam Breaks Into Top 10
According to the Institute of International Education's (IIE) Open Doors 2009 international student mobility report, there were 12,823 students from Vietnam studying in the United States during the 2008/09 academic year. This is an increase of 46.2% over the previous year and the highest percentage increase of any of the "sending countries." Vietnam has become the ninth-leading place of … Continue reading Vietnam Breaks Into Top 10
Recruiting’s Brave New World by Alan Dessoff
International competition for students is heating up world-wide, U.S. colleges and universities are expanding their outreach efforts and some are considering new and sometimes controversial methods. (PDF file) International Educator - November/December 2009 Link to PDF version of the article.
The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence
Bringing together leading experts and scholars from around the world, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theories and research on intercultural competence. It will be a useful and invaluable resource to administrators, faculty, researchers, and students.
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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