The British Council, as an education provider, a research analyst, and a conference convener is an interesting model. At the very least, taking a look at the British Council makes me wonder why the United States government does not pull back and take a big-picture look at what it might do to provide better … Continue reading Should the U.S. State Department Copy the British Council?
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The bad stories in the education sector in 2011
Never a dull moment in Vietnamese education. Check out the bad stories in the education sector in 2011, including "bad behaviors of teachers, problematic students’ morality, and the 'achievement disease.'" The excerpts below were taken from an article with the same name. The bad behaviors of teachers On May 13, Trieu Ngoc Diem, a primary school … Continue reading The bad stories in the education sector in 2011
“Rising numbers of Vietnamese study abroad”
This Ministry of Education and Training report, hot off the press, confirms my estimate of the number of young Vietnamese studying overseas. Since 90% are self-financing, this means that over a billion dollars are being invested each year in overseas education. That's nearly 1% of the country's 2011 GDP. (Stay tuned for a later post that attempts … Continue reading “Rising numbers of Vietnamese study abroad”
“California Leads Nation in Unaccredited Schools, and Enforcement Is Lax”
Check out this excellent article by investigative reporter Jennifer Gollan about Frederick Taylor University (FTU), which I've written about on these hallowed pages and which appears on my list of US-based unaccredited schools. FTU has been quite active in Vietnam in recent years and therefore a substantial source of revenue for this state-approved rogue provider. Knowing … Continue reading “California Leads Nation in Unaccredited Schools, and Enforcement Is Lax”
“Students prefer jobs in foreign firms: poll”
Fifty-five percent of students wish to work for foreign-invested companies, making these institutions the top choice of working environment for graduates, according to an annual survey conducted by human resource consulting firm Nhan Viet Management Group. The one question that this article did not address is WHY? Below are some comments from Vietnamese university students … Continue reading “Students prefer jobs in foreign firms: poll”
Hieu’s Story
Money may not buy happiness but it can buy security, quality healthcare and access to educational opportunity, among other goodies that also happen to be rights. A lack of it can mean the difference between standing on the outside looking in and entering. You can see and maybe touch but you cannot have. A lack of … Continue reading Hieu’s Story
“Vietnamese students aim for top US schools”
Well, yes and no. This is the title of a 15 November article about centers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and Hanoi that prepare young people for admission to some of America's best colleges and universities. So how many Vietnamese students actually attend Ivy League and other highly selective institutions? Among the nearly 15,000 enrolled in … Continue reading “Vietnamese students aim for top US schools”
Point/Counterpoint
This is an exchange of comments that appeared in response to a late July article entitled SUNY Bets Big on Agents that appeared in Inside Higher Ed. The article is about “an ambitious agency-based recruitment strategy, with the goal of increasing its total foreign student enrollment by more than 13,000 over five years. A portion … Continue reading Point/Counterpoint
Caveat Emptor! US Rogue Providers Discover Vietnam
If you're interested in reading a rather lengthy(6-page) treatment of this issue in a Vietnamese context, check out this article I wrote for the August 2011 issue of wRAP-Up Newsletter. As I've mentioned in a number of settings, most recently in this June 2011 essay entitled Letting in the Fresh Air and the Flies: The Mixed … Continue reading Caveat Emptor! US Rogue Providers Discover Vietnam
Community College Draws Foreign Students by Serving as a Gateway to Universities
This is the title of a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article that begins with this sentence: When American community colleges attend student-recruitment fairs abroad, they are often greeted with blank looks. This is true in a lot of countries but not in Vietnam, where many students and parents have recently discovered the benefits of … Continue reading Community College Draws Foreign Students by Serving as a Gateway to Universities
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