Below is an excerpt from a recent ICEF Monitor article that touches on a number of trends and factors that will contribute to increased activity in international student recruitment in the years to come. Related to that, I look forward to seeing NACAC's "best practices guide" for working with commissioned agents in a couple of … Continue reading US Poised for More Active Student Recruitment
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“With A Boost From Bill Gates, Vietnam’s Entrepreneurs Put Profits Into Philanthropy”
Sharing is not a strange idea for ordinary Vietnamese, but big-scale altruism is rare so far, given that serious wealth accumulation started in Vietnam only in the past two decades. This is an issue I've discussed with some of you over the years. First, make money and lots of it, thanks to the economic reforms … Continue reading “With A Boost From Bill Gates, Vietnam’s Entrepreneurs Put Profits Into Philanthropy”
“Half of Chinese students at elite US colleges don’t want to return”
While this article is based on a survey of a small group of Chinese students at elite US higher education institutions, there are parallels with the situation of Vietnamese students at all types of US colleges and universities. Based on anecdotal evidence, the percentage of Vietnamese students who choose not to return home after completing … Continue reading “Half of Chinese students at elite US colleges don’t want to return”
“Pediatric psychologist warns of crisis in Vietnam”
The psychological costs of being forced to become someone you're not, parents not knowing their children and too many children with over-programmed lives. While this article is about students in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the problems it addresses are not limited to that city. This crisis is unfolding in a country in which psychology … Continue reading “Pediatric psychologist warns of crisis in Vietnam”
Of Proposed Fulbright Cuts, Reaper Drones & the American Fulbright University in Vietnam
The Fulbright Program aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs and thereby increase the chance that nations will learn at last to live in friendship and peace. - Senator J. William Fulbright in the Foreword to "The Fulbright Program: A History, 1965" Here's … Continue reading Of Proposed Fulbright Cuts, Reaper Drones & the American Fulbright University in Vietnam
Accreditation: When It Comes To Higher Education, Nothing Could Be More Relevant – Or Controversial
Good article by Jesse Nickles of CollegeTimes and not just because I'm quoted in it. MAA Accreditation. It’s a word that most college students have heard at some point, but that (unfortunately) very few actually comprehend on a meaningful level. And that is NOT a good thing. With greedy investors and corrupt congressmen aggressively turning … Continue reading Accreditation: When It Comes To Higher Education, Nothing Could Be More Relevant – Or Controversial
Vietnam’s recent graduates find no value in diplomas
Below is reprint of a 6 May 2014 article about the plight of many postsecondary graduates in Vietnam. While the unemployment rate is 10% among university graduates, it's estimated that 50% of all young people between the ages of 15 and 24 who have entered the labor market are unemployed (2012). Then there's the specter … Continue reading Vietnam’s recent graduates find no value in diplomas
Sự thật về các chương trình giáo dục Mỹ tại Việt Nam
This article, entitled "The Truth About American Education Programs in Vietnam" (Một Thế Giới, 23 April 2014), reflects the growing sophistication about US higher education as a service sector export. As I am fond of saying, the US exports some of the world's best and worst higher education. The term "officially accredited" covers a broad spectrum … Continue reading Sự thật về các chương trình giáo dục Mỹ tại Việt Nam
US Burns Through All High-Skill Visas For 2015 In Less Than A Week
Give me your highly skilled, your well-educated, your ambitious, Your best and brightest yearning to climb the proverbial career ladder and in doing so meet the desperate needs of a de-skilling and graying society, The sons and daughters of the world's educated classes, immigrants and international students alike. Send these, the talented, the promising, the … Continue reading US Burns Through All High-Skill Visas For 2015 In Less Than A Week
Coming Full Circle: A Conscientious Objector Returns to Vietnam
Below are some excerpts from an article by Doug Hostetter, who is director of the Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office in New York City. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war, who did his alternative service working for Mennonite Central Committee in Vietnam from 1966 to 1969. Doug was a member of the National Student Association delegation to … Continue reading Coming Full Circle: A Conscientious Objector Returns to Vietnam
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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