In my latest University World News article I write about the increase in the number of Vietnamese students studying in the US from November 2016 to March 2017, and the fact that Viet Nam was the only country to move up in the ranking of sending countries, displacing Canada in fifth place, as I predicted … Continue reading Viet Nam Moves Up to 5th Place Among Sending Countries
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
Keys to Successful Non-Commission-Based Recruitment in Viet Nam
To international education colleagues with an interest in Viet Nam: Join me, Diana Sampson, Associate Vice President, International Education, Shoreline Community College, & Stephanie Sieggreen, Executive Director, International Enrollment Management, Western Kentucky University at our NAFSA general session entitled Keys to Successful Non-Commission-Based Recruitment in Vietnam. Abstract: Vietnam now ranks sixth among all sending countries, according to … Continue reading Keys to Successful Non-Commission-Based Recruitment in Viet Nam
Viet Nam Briefing & Discussion with US Study Abroad Students
I spent part of last Monday morning speaking and listening to a group of 17 US students who are in Viet Nam for the spring semester under the auspices of a School for International Training’s (SIT) program entitled Vietnam: Culture, Social Change, and Development. They started out in HCMC (Saigon) on 1 February and will … Continue reading Viet Nam Briefing & Discussion with US Study Abroad Students
You Don’t Have to Study Business to Do Business
Forbes Vietnam published an article by me with the above title in its February 2017 (#45) issue. An expanded English version, which focuses more on the value and advantages of a liberal arts education and includes more examples, will be published this spring. Here's a brief introduction: Viet Nam currently ranks 6th among all countries … Continue reading You Don’t Have to Study Business to Do Business
Dealing with the Elephant in the Room: US Nationalism
I will be participating in a session, along with Ryan Buck, Texas State University, and Lee Lambert, Pima Community College (AZ) on US nationalism as an obstacle to the development of global citizenship at the 2017 AIEA (Association of International Education Administrators) annual conference, which takes places from 19-22 February in Washington, D.C. Nationalism stands … Continue reading Dealing with the Elephant in the Room: US Nationalism
Riding the Wave: An Update on Student Recruitment in Vietnam
Below is an announcement about an unofficial pre-NAFSA 2017 annual conference seminar that I'll be leading in Los Angeles. MAA Riding the Wave: An Update on Student Recruitment in Vietnam A Pre-NAFSA Annual Conference Seminar Co-Sponsored by Cal State, Long Beach, Cal State, Los Angeles, & Study in the USA Date: Monday, May 29, 2017 … Continue reading Riding the Wave: An Update on Student Recruitment in Vietnam
US Mission Viet Nam Response to Open Letter to Vietnamese Parents & Students
Below is a response I received from Molly Stephenson, Counselor for Public Affairs, US Embassy, and Matthew Wall, Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate General, in response to an "open letter" I wrote last December to Vietnamese parents and students who may be concerned about the outcome of the US presidential election. Reprinted with permission. This … Continue reading US Mission Viet Nam Response to Open Letter to Vietnamese Parents & Students
Latest Executive Order Undermines America’s Safety & Values (NAFSA)
To the students, scholars, doctors, refugees, family members and others who wonder if the United States has lost its commitment to its core values as a nation of freedom, opportunity and welcome, let me unequivocally state that American citizens will not tolerate policies such as these that undermine our values and endanger our safety. We … Continue reading Latest Executive Order Undermines America’s Safety & Values (NAFSA)
Happy Lunar New Year 2017! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!
Wishing everyone a Lunar New Year filled with happiness, good health, peace, prosperity, & fulfillment. MAA "The key question to keep asking is, 'Are you spending your time on the right things?' Because time is all you have." (Randy Pausch, 1960-2008)
“The turn to nativism hinders international education”
What the United States desperately needs is more patriots and global citizens (the two are not mutually exclusive) and fewer nationalists. The golden question is how to transform the latter into the former. Can this be accomplished through education and training, or are there other factors at play that make this impossible? Here's my latest … Continue reading “The turn to nativism hinders international education”
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