Set thine house in order... 2 Kings 20: 1 It's as if the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has nothing better to do than to create yet another faux university to entrap more people like so many flies to honey. Enter the University of Farmington in … Continue reading Another Make-Work Job for ICE
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
On the outside looking in: A US American in Vietnam
I have spent over 40 percent of my adult life outside of my home country, never content with having my soul controlled by geography, to paraphrase George Santayana. I carry a U.S. passport but it doesn’t define me. I am a U.S. ex-patriot and global citizen who calls Vietnam home. Follow this link to read … Continue reading On the outside looking in: A US American in Vietnam
(Yet) Another Variation on the “Dog & Pony Show” Theme
This is a topic I've written (and spoken) about for many years. It might be time for me to update a 2014 article of mine entitled Walking the walk – Ethical agency-based recruitment about the many ways in which education companies cheat their partners, non-partners, and clients. The list just keeps getting longer and longer. Sigh. … Continue reading (Yet) Another Variation on the “Dog & Pony Show” Theme
More Vietnamese Students in South Korea Than Australia
Yes, it's true. Check out the infographic below, courtesy of the Australian Department of Education and Training. As of 11-18, Viet Nam ranked 6th among sending countries with 24,094 students studying at all levels in Australia. Incredibly, there were more Vietnamese studying in South Korea than Australia last year. As in Japan, Viet Nam ranked … Continue reading More Vietnamese Students in South Korea Than Australia
The Metamorphosis of International Students Into Honorary US Nationalists: a View from Viet Nam
Follow this link to read my latest article, which is about a phenomenon I've observed over the years, namely, how some young Vietnamese who study in the USA become what I refer to as honorary US nationalists. (If you're not sure what nationalism means, have a look at this 2016 essay. Hint: It's quite different … Continue reading The Metamorphosis of International Students Into Honorary US Nationalists: a View from Viet Nam
New Approaches to University Education in Asia
While I will reserve judgement, the theme of this Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) conference sounds like yet another example of US Americans telling others, in the case, Asian universities, how it should really be done a la Daddy knows best. Why not just New Approaches to University Education? Or, as one colleague put it, "It's … Continue reading New Approaches to University Education in Asia
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day from Viet Nam!
Beyond Viet Nam: A Time to Break Silence, a speech Dr. King gave at the Riverside Church in New York City on 4 April 1967, a year to the day before he was assassinated is always worth a read and a listen on this or any other day: text and audio. His friendship with Thích Nhất … Continue reading Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day from Viet Nam!
“Now What?” TedX Hanoi May Provide a Few Answers
Here's some information about the latest TedX Hanoi event on 19 January 2019 that will attempt to provide some answers to this very timely question. The signs of Vietnam’s amazing progress are all around us. Increased growth from Vietnamese companies, and increased investment from international firms, lead to better jobs and rising incomes. With a … Continue reading “Now What?” TedX Hanoi May Provide a Few Answers
EducationUSA Closed for Business
From the website of US Mission-Viet Nam: Lapse in U.S. Government Appropriations The Federal Government of the United States of America is currently in a Lapse of Appropriations period. Scheduled passport and visas services, and emergency services for U.S. citizens, will continue at the U.S. Embassy Hanoi and our Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City … Continue reading EducationUSA Closed for Business
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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