This is one of those amusing items that pops up with annoying frequency in my list of search engine terms, one way I can see how some people stumble upon my blog. (Some other recent terms include vietnamese students in us, us boarding school market and vietnam, david shear (US ambassador to Vietnam), diploma mills, and Vietnamese … Continue reading “how to buy a phd”
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Education UK: Vietnam Country Partner Meeting
I was invited to speak on Friday, 14 October to representatives from 60 British colleges and universities who were in Vietnam for a series of events, including the UK higher education fairs in Hanoi, HCMC and Danang. My assigned topic was The Study Abroad Market: A US Perspective. During the 30 minutes or so at my disposal, … Continue reading Education UK: Vietnam Country Partner Meeting
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
A Year Ago Today
Today is the first anniversary of the day that An International Educator received the most traffic ever in a 24-hour period - 1,315 views. The catalyst? An interview in the Vietnamese language media (i.e., Tuổi Trẻ Online) about unaccredited US schools in Vietnam that spread like wildfire. 2010-07-30 Title Views Home page 1,015 US-Based or Affiliated … Continue reading A Year Ago Today
“How the U.S. Can Stop Hindering Higher-Education Exports”
This is the title of an excellent article by Mitch Leventhal calling for the creation of a national export council for higher education in the U.S., which appeared in the 22 May 2011 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Dr. Leventhal is vice chancellor for global affairs at the State University of New York, … Continue reading “How the U.S. Can Stop Hindering Higher-Education Exports”
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Of Sham Universities & SEVIS Approved Schools
Fact: The United States is the world’s leading host of unaccredited schools, also known as rogue providers. Fact: The US State Department represents officially (i.e., regionally and nationally) accredited colleges and universities. Fact: One of the three criteria that consular officers use to make the determination whether or not an applicant "is entitled to a nonimmigrant … Continue reading Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Of Sham Universities & SEVIS Approved Schools
“CSU” Reprise (aka The Other Shoe Just Dropped)
As I mentioned in my 24.1.11 post where can i buy an accredited overseas phd?, a request by the CSU owner, Zahid Yazdanie, to register California South University as a federal trademark was denied for obvious reasons. The most obvious is that it is in violation of section 89005.5 of the California Education Code, which provides … Continue reading “CSU” Reprise (aka The Other Shoe Just Dropped)
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This is one of the recent inquiries that led someone, somewhere in the world to my blog. As I mentioned in a previous post, I can see a sampling of the search engine terms that people to use to find their way to An International Educator in Vietnam. If you enter this phrase into Google, … Continue reading where can i buy an accredited overseas phd?
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