What Educational Consulting Companies Expect from Partner Institutions: A View from Vietnam

30/07/202409/08/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Articles, Commentary agent agreements, commission-based recruitment, international students, partnerships, vietnam, Vietnamese students

Here's the unabridged version of my most recent University World News article, published last weekend under the (editor's) title Student recruitment: What a good partnership looks like. Peace, MAA Image: iStock Last December, I participated in a webinar as part of a virtual book tour for Student Recruitment Agents in International Higher Education – A … Continue reading What Educational Consulting Companies Expect from Partner Institutions: A View from Vietnam

Lies, damned lies and statistics: Overseas study edition

22/07/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary overseas study, top 10 host countries, vietnam, Vietnamese students

Image: iStock Here's my latest for University World News. Peace, MAA

The Opportunities & Limits of Responsible Environmental Citizenship

23/03/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary ecocide, environmental citizenship, pollution, vietnam

Source: International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA) I do my best to be a responsible environmental citizen but I'm also an unwilling participant in a system that must change from below and above. On the bright side, this includes: Not littering Gently admonishing people for littering Picking up other people's trash Using my own cloth bag whenever … Continue reading The Opportunities & Limits of Responsible Environmental Citizenship

Mark Ashwill to Lead 7th Annual Vietnam Recruitment Seminar at NAFSA 2024

19/03/202403/05/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Announcement, Events capstone education, nafsa 2024, new orleans, recruit in vietnam, vietnam, vietnam recruitment seminar, Vietnamese students

And now, a word from my employer… 😀 🇻🇳 Capstone Education/Recruit in Viet Nam is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Ashwill, managing director and co-founder, will speak at an unofficial, pre-conference Vietnam student recruitment seminar from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 27, 2024, at the University of New Orleans. The Vietnam Recruitment Seminar consists of a comprehensive overview … Continue reading Mark Ashwill to Lead 7th Annual Vietnam Recruitment Seminar at NAFSA 2024

Top 10 Overseas Study Destinations for Young Vietnamese

14/03/202426/07/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary, Updates australia, canada, china, finland, france, germany, ireland, japan, netherlands, new zealand, philippines, russia, singapore, south korea, taiwan, UK, USA, vietnam, vietnamese studying overseas

Summer 2024 Update Source: Chào Hanoi These countries host 93% of all Vietnamese studying abroad with 64% in Asia based on an estimated total of 275,000. Australia is currently the leading English-speaking destination, a place it frequently trades with the US. I occasionally see reports with outdated statistics in the Vietnamese and English language media. For … Continue reading Top 10 Overseas Study Destinations for Young Vietnamese

Study in the USA: The Post-Pandemic Recovery Continues

12/03/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary, Updates recruit in vietnam, SEVIS, sevis data mapping tool, study in the USA, vietnam, Vietnamese students

Screenshot Last month, there were 26,919 Vietnamese students in the US, mostly in higher education, according to the SEVIS Data Mapping Tool. Here's the breakdown in descending numerical order: Four-year colleges and universities: 13,345 (49.5%) Community colleges: 3,630 (13.5%) Master's: 3,238 (12%) Secondary: 2,408 (8.9%) Ph.D.: 2,083 (7.7%) Language Training: 1,383 (5.1%) Other: 689 (2.6%) … Continue reading Study in the USA: The Post-Pandemic Recovery Continues

Drumming Up Business or Spitting in the Wind?

10/03/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary customers, restaurants, sales tactics, small businesses, vietnam

Photo by MAA This is a common sight at restaurants in Vietnam, especially outside of the city, which I've always found amusing. The guy in corporate orange is trying to wave people over to eat at his employer's phở restaurant. This sales tactic must be successful - never. 😀 Ladies selling guava on the side … Continue reading Drumming Up Business or Spitting in the Wind?

The Life of a Caged Bird

07/03/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary birds, caged birds, i know why the caged bird sings, independence freedom happiness, maya angelou, vietnam

Photo by MAA I saw this and other imprisoned birds at a phở restaurant near Hanoi. Full disclosure: I was once one of them. No, not the birds - at least in a literal sense - but their owners. As a teenager, I had a small parrot who spent most of his time in a … Continue reading The Life of a Caged Bird

Guest Post: “Erasing Palestine”

04/02/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary anne frank, erase, gaza, israel, mike hastie, palestine, palestinians, vietnam

This is a guest post by Mike Hastie, a veteran of the US war in Vietnam whose tagline is "I was born in America, but my heart is Vietnamese." Erasing Human Rights Erasing Human Beings Erasing Hospitals Erasing Medical Supplies Erasing Oxygen Erasing Doctors and Nurses Erasing Ambulances Erasing Food and Water Erasing Electricity Erasing … Continue reading Guest Post: “Erasing Palestine”

Alcohol as a Social Lubricant & Form of Bonding

03/02/2024 Mark A. Ashwill Commentary alcohol, bonding, drinking, girlfriends, prostitution, social lubricant, toxic masculinity, vietnam

WAVEBREAK MEDIA/THINKSTOCK A Case of "When in Vietnam, Don't Do as Vietnamese Men Do" I've never been a big drinker even in my younger days. I never acquired a taste for hard liquor but will occasionally drink expensive vodka or Scotch in small amounts, especially when it magically appears in the form of a gift. … Continue reading Alcohol as a Social Lubricant & Form of Bonding

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