If you go to Google.com and enter the search term rogue providers, you will find “About 740,000 results (0.26 seconds)” and the first result will be a 19 November 2010 post entitled “Students warned of rogue education providers.” 1. “Students warned of rogue education providers” « An International ... 19 Nov 2010 ... Keep in … Continue reading Webmetrics & This Blog
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Vietnam Centers/Studies in the US
Below are four Vietnam-related centers, each with a different emphasis and all part of a state university. The Center of Vietnamese Enterprise at the College of Charleston (South Carolina) The Center of Vietnamese Enterprise (COVE) is located in the Tate Center and is part of the School of Business at the College of Charleston. COVE's mission … Continue reading Vietnam Centers/Studies in the US
Vocational Education & Training in Vietnam: Opportunities & Untapped Potential
Last summer, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it was providing $70 million in loans for the Viet Nam Skills Enhancement Project, which will offer training programs in priority industries in cooperation with the private sector. As in other countries, vocational education and training is “low prestige” and therefore not attractive to most high … Continue reading Vocational Education & Training in Vietnam: Opportunities & Untapped Potential
Vietnam & US Higher Education Internationalization Strategies: The University of Missouri Vietnam Institute
Over the past five years, there’s been a dramatic increase in the level of interest in Vietnam among US institutions of higher education, not limited to student recruitment. (Vietnam ranks 9th among “places of origin” and is one of the hottest student recruitment markets in the world for the US.) For some student recruitment is … Continue reading Vietnam & US Higher Education Internationalization Strategies: The University of Missouri Vietnam Institute
And the Top Five Are…
In the past week the most frequently viewed posts on An International Educator in Vietnam are related to Wikileaks, the next US Ambassador to Vietnam (i.e., David Shear), US-Vietnam educational exchange and the College of Charleston. This is what I see in the "site stats" section of my blog: Top Searches wikileaks vietnam, college of … Continue reading And the Top Five Are…
Open Doors 2010
Yes, it’s that time of year again for those who work in the field of international educational exchange, especially as it relates to the U.S. The annual international academic mobility report known as Open Doors is out with detailed information about international students and scholars in the U.S. and U.S. students abroad based on surveys conducted … Continue reading Open Doors 2010
Of Student Visas & Community Colleges
Community colleges (CCs) continue to be the most popular entry point to U.S. higher education for Vietnamese students. Vietnam ranks 2nd behind South Korea in international student enrollment at CCs and 80% of the student visas issued by the U.S. Consulate General are for CC-bound students, according to an official source. That's the good news. The bad news is … Continue reading Of Student Visas & Community Colleges
SEVIS By The Numbers: September 2010 Snapshot
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. As of 30 September 2010, SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) contained records for 1,164,691 active nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The total number of records for all … Continue reading SEVIS By The Numbers: September 2010 Snapshot
In the News
Here are links to some recent education-related articles in Vietnam's English language media. Most deal with issues related to vocational education & training and higher education quality. Vocational credit to be transferable to colleges (3.11.10, Viet Nam News) With current mechanism, even Einstein would fail to become professor in VN (29.10.10, VietnamNet) Colleges lack quality facilities (27.10.10, Viet … Continue reading In the News
The Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund: An Update
This is a follow-up to a late July post about the The Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund. To date the fund has raised $170,000 for the construction of The Landon Carter Schmitt School for Children with Visual Disabilities in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province. For more information… Visit the Global Community Service Foundation website. Read this article entitled Starting with … Continue reading The Landon Carter Schmitt Memorial Fund: An Update
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