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Vietnam Ranks 3rd in International Enrollment at US Community Colleges

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According to the 2011 Open Doors report on international academic mobility, there were 89,853 international students enrolled at America’s community colleges, a 3.2% decrease over the previous year.  (This is out of a total of 723,277 international students in the U.S. during the 2010/11 academic year.)   Of that number, 9.9%, or 8,895 students, were Vietnamese.  This … Continue reading Vietnam Ranks 3rd in International Enrollment at US Community Colleges

If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It!

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Luxury, of course, is a revolutionary new way of life in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, whose citizens have had to contend with war, poverty, a devastating US-led economic embargo that ended in 1994 (i.e., only 18 years ago!), dislocation, corruption and mismanagement in recent generations. This explains the typically nouveau riche behavior on display, mostly in the nation's big … Continue reading If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It!

US-Based or Affiliated Unaccredited Institutions in Vietnam

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Consider the following list of (22) U.S.-based or affiliated unaccredited schools that have entered the higher education market in Vietnam as a dishonor roll of sorts.  Most are "online universities" and some are diploma mills, defined  as "a usually unregulated institution of higher education granting degrees with few or no academic requirements." For information about New Typologies for Crossborder Higher Education, … Continue reading US-Based or Affiliated Unaccredited Institutions in Vietnam

Nationally Accredited U.S. Institutions with a Vietnam Connection

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Below is a list of thirteen (13) known nationally accredited U.S.-based institutions operating in Vietnam, many in cooperation with a local partner. For the record, national accreditation (NA) is not comparable to regional accreditation (RA), which is generally considered to be the "gold standard" of higher education accreditation in the U.S. If you're interested in learning more about the differences … Continue reading Nationally Accredited U.S. Institutions with a Vietnam Connection

Winter 2012 Update: Vietnam’s Mixed Messages Sideline Foreign Investors

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This winter 2012 update is from Vietnomics, a global sourcing consultancy that links US and Vietnamese investors and companies.  Thanks, Jeff!  Summary Vietnam begins 2012 at a crossroads and needs meaningful reforms to complete the transition to a market economy that it started a generation ago.  At times, the country seems to be moving decisively toward … Continue reading Winter 2012 Update: Vietnam’s Mixed Messages Sideline Foreign Investors

“Rising numbers of Vietnamese study abroad”

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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”

SEVIS General Summary Quarterly Review: December 2011

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This quarterly report (PDF) is a statistical breakdown of the system’s performance and trends in foreign student representation in U.S. academic and exchange programs. On 31 December 2011, SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) contained records for 1,158,059 active nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The total number of records for all F-1, M-1, and … Continue reading SEVIS General Summary Quarterly Review: December 2011

“California Leads Nation in Unaccredited Schools, and Enforcement Is Lax”

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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”

“Younger Generations Drive Latin American and Asian Online Markets”

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Check out this "data gem" from comScore's Data Mine (22.11.11).  Many of the world’s fastest growing online markets are in Latin America and Asia where younger generations are driving digital adoption. A look at which global markets are driven by young Internet populations showed Venezuela having the highest percentage of its total online population age 15 … Continue reading “Younger Generations Drive Latin American and Asian Online Markets”