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 31 December 2010, SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) contained records for 1,091,805 active nonimmigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The total number of records for all … Continue reading SEVIS By The Numbers: December 2010 Quarterly Snapshot
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4th Annual Education Conference: Cementing Cooperation & Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-Vietnam Education Partnerships
The US Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) have officially announced the Fourth Annual Education Conference to be held April 9, 2011 in Hanoi. The purpose of this conference is to bring together American and Vietnamese universities, colleges, companies and NGOs active in higher education in Vietnam to discuss how to increase … Continue reading 4th Annual Education Conference: Cementing Cooperation & Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-Vietnam Education Partnerships
Ambassador Michael Michalak’s Farewell Press Conference
At his final press conference on 6 January, Michael Michalak, US Ambassador to Vietnam, began his prepared remarks with these statements: I arrived in Hanoi in August 2007. Over the past nearly three and a half years, we have together witnessed many milestones. In trade, education, security cooperation, we have made truly amazing progress. It’s no … Continue reading Ambassador Michael Michalak’s Farewell Press Conference
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
Policy Guidance for EducationUSA Centers on Commercial Recruitment Agents
This policy guidance (PDF) from the U.S. State Department's states that all (EducationUSA) centers "must adhere to the following ethical standards as a condition of their centers’ voluntary association with, and continued support from, ECA (Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs). We understand that many advisers have been approached by commercial recruiters who have requested … Continue reading Policy Guidance for EducationUSA Centers on Commercial Recruitment Agents
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…
US-Vietnam Educational Exchanges: Impact and Prospects
Plenary Session On Friday, 10 December, I attended a conference in Hanoi for US Government exchange alumni (e.g., Fulbright, VEF, etc.) . The conference was open to the public and to all US Department of State alumni who have participated in a U.S. Government-funded exchange program from Vietnam. The US Embassy-Hanoi billed it as "an opportunity for the public … Continue reading US-Vietnam Educational Exchanges: Impact and Prospects
Old (But Interesting) News
Ms. Virginia E. Palmer, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Hanoi, Welcomes California Miramar University's 6th MBA Cohort (Source: California Miramar University) This is the kind of headline that immediately conjures up images of MasterCard's Priceless advertising campaign. Having two U.S. Embassy representatives, including a deputy chief of mission, and the country director of … Continue reading Old (But Interesting) News
U.S. Higher Education Delegation Visit: A Sign of the Times
Last month, a group of U.S. higher education colleagues representing some of America’s finest colleges and universities came to Vietnam to explore opportunities for cooperation, including intensive English and university pathway programs, student recruitment, custom-designed short programs, professional Master’s degree programs, certificate programs, research that cuts across institutional and national boundaries, study abroad programs for … Continue reading U.S. Higher Education Delegation Visit: A Sign of the Times
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