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
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“Increasing international relations: University opening Vietnam office”
Below is a reprint of a press release issued by Kansas State University on 29 February 2012. MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University is expanding its international outreach to welcome students from Vietnam. Administrators at the office of international programs recently announced a partnership agreement with Capstone Vietnam and its managing director, Mark Ashwill. Capstone and Ashwill will … Continue reading “Increasing international relations: University opening Vietnam office”
International Academic Centers (IACs) in Vietnam
On behalf of Capstone Vietnam, I'm pleased to welcome Kansas State University to our International Academic Center (IAC) in Hanoi. What is an IAC? The IAC is a unique offshore development model for US and other foreign institutions of higher education, a shared facility that serves as a home base and an incubator from which a school can promote … Continue reading International Academic Centers (IACs) in Vietnam
“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”
Emerging Markets for International Student Recruitment: Thinking Beyond China and India
Thanks to Rahul Choudaha for permission to repost this insightful commentary... With more than 260,000 students from China and India enrolled in the US, many American institutions are over-reliant on these two markets for meeting their international student recruitment goals. With the budget cuts, self-financed students are becoming increasingly important and Chinese undergraduate students are … Continue reading Emerging Markets for International Student Recruitment: Thinking Beyond China and India
At Home in Việt Nam
This is the name of a blog created by Becky Gordon, an English teacher in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program in Hanoi. As she writes in the introduction, "this monthly blog will chronicle the students’ lives in Viet Nam outside the SYA classroom. A process of sharing and peer-editing in their English class will precede all … Continue reading At Home in Việt Nam
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
China as a Study Destination for Vietnamese Students
According to China's Ministry of Education, the number of foreign students reached a record high of more than 260,000 in 2010. Earlier this year, statistics from the ministry published by the China Daily revealed that 265,090 students from 194 countries were studying in China, an 8% increase from the 240,000 students in 2009. The top sending country is South Korea followed by … Continue reading China as a Study Destination for Vietnamese Students
Open Doors 2011: Vietnam Ranks 8th
According to Open Doors 2011, the annual report on international academic mobility published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, there are now 723,277 international students in the United States. This represents a 4.7% increase over … Continue reading Open Doors 2011: Vietnam Ranks 8th
Selling at Any Price
Tacky: Showing poor taste and quality. That's a rather charitable description of this Facebook ad currently running in Vietnam for a MA in Finance and International Trade program from Leeds Metropolitan University (UK), offered in cooperation with its Vietnamese partner, the Institute of Finance. It's been less than three weeks since Mr. Jobs passed away and already someone is using a … Continue reading Selling at Any Price
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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