A smiling George with his wife Solita. This is a special photo because George wasn't fond of having his picture taken. Thanks to Solita for sharing it. This is the first death anniversary of George Cooper, who passed away peacefully at his home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia a year ago today. I had the good … Continue reading Godspeed to George William Cooper, Activist and Purveyor of Kindness: One Year Later
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US Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning
https://markashwill.com/2021/12/16/from-new-england-to-vietnam-settler-colonialism-in-cross-cultural-perspective/?page_id=23202 A view to the harbor from Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA. Photos by MAA (Taken in December 2018, 398 years after the arrival of the Mayflower) Thanksgiving is celebrated at the expense of Native Peoples who had to give up their lands and culture for America to become what it is today. -Linda Coombs, a … Continue reading US Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning
The Lasting Legacy of Good Teachers
This is a blog post I originally uploaded in 2021 and was published in Vietnamese by Zing. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. -Mark Van Doren Teacher’s Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, a once-a-year opportunity to remember, honor, and thank them for their contributions to the education of our … Continue reading The Lasting Legacy of Good Teachers
Smotrich: Israel’s future is ‘to expand to Damascus’
Israeli Minister of Finance and leader of National Zionism, Bezalel Smotrich, speaks to the press during a party meeting in Jerusalem on 5 February 2024. I give Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich credit for one thing: his brutal honesty. No code or dog whistle, just speaking candidly about the "Greater Israel" project. I first saw … Continue reading Smotrich: Israel’s future is ‘to expand to Damascus’
I Had a Dream: From Vietnam to Gaza
Click on the image for a video slideshow I created set to Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. And now a word from my conscience and a clarion call from my moral compass... My latest for CounterPunch. Here's how I kick off this 3000+-word essay. Israel has reached an unimaginable peak of evil. And indeed many … Continue reading I Had a Dream: From Vietnam to Gaza
The Hustling Culture of International Education: Conference Sessions for Sale
Below is an article I pitched to a well-known international higher education media outlet that has published my work in the past. The initial answer was YES but later changed to NO. I did some checking using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and found that this company has taken advertising dollars from NAFSA. This is … Continue reading The Hustling Culture of International Education: Conference Sessions for Sale
Lies, damned lies and statistics: Overseas study edition
Here's the original version of an article I wrote for University World News. Mark A Ashwill 20 July 2024 “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain As someone whose tagline is “an academic by training and an international … Continue reading Lies, damned lies and statistics: Overseas study edition
Biến cuộc sống thành tác phẩm nghệ thuật cao nhất
Ảnh: Erik Rittenberry Tác giả: Erik Rittenberry/Dịch: Nguyễn Thái Hồng (Cảm ơn cháu!): To Make Living Itself the Highest Art Bên trong mỗi người chúng ta đều tiềm ẩn những khả năng, dẫn lối đến những thế giới cao đẹp hơn. -Rudolf Steiner Hành trình sáng tạo... là sự tự khám phá bản thân trong … Continue reading Biến cuộc sống thành tác phẩm nghệ thuật cao nhất
Bystanders No More.
Helping people speak up about human rights in Palestine. Screenshot Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what’s the use of seeing? -Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926-2022) To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed, never with the oppressors. -Marek Edelman (1919/1922-2009) – last surviving leader, Warsaw ghetto uprising I love this … Continue reading Bystanders No More.
What Educational Consulting Companies Expect from Partner Institutions: A View from Vietnam
Here's the unabridged version of my most recent University World News article, published last weekend under the (editor's) title Student recruitment: What a good partnership looks like. Peace, MAA Image: iStock Last December, I participated in a webinar as part of a virtual book tour for Student Recruitment Agents in International Higher Education – A … Continue reading What Educational Consulting Companies Expect from Partner Institutions: A View from Vietnam
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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