Brightness During the Dark Times of COVID-19: A Special Message from Dr. Mark Ashwill, Managing Director & Co-Founder
Dear Students, Warm greetings from all of us at Capstone Vietnam!
Is the Bloom Off the Canadian Rose for Vietnamese Students?
Is the Bloom Off the Canadian Rose for Vietnamese Students?
Vietnam: An outlier in the coronavirus epidemic and HE?
As in many contemporary arenas and throughout its history, Vietnam has overcome steep odds.
Capstone Pleased to Be a Study in the USA Partner
I just wanted to say how much my staff and I enjoy working with the good folks at Study in the USA.
Vietnamese student enrolment in the US holds steady
After a long delay, the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme of the United States Department of Homeland Security has released the latest update on international student enrolment at all levels. As of last month…
Season’s Greetings from MAA & Capstone Vietnam!
Wishing all of you and your families a joyous holiday season and a New Year filled with peace, love and happiness!
May-September 2019 US Student Visa Update from Viet Nam
I have some good news for those of you who are involved in the recruitment of US-bound Vietnamese students. Interest in study in the USA among Vietnamese parents and students remains high, as evidenced by the number of…
Education investment catching attention
Dr. Mark Ashwill, managing director and co-founder, was quoted in this recent Vietnam Economics Times article.
Capstone Vietnam Celebrates 10th Anniversary!
10 years ago this month Capstone Vietnam, now one of Viet Nam's premier full-service educational consulting companies, was established in Hanoi. That was a time when our vision, mission and values were still taking…
Patriotism: The tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime
During my first trip to Vietnam in January 1996 to set up a summer program for U.S. students, I caught a glimpse of what could be a rapidly changing nation just opening up to world after decades of isolation and…
Number of Vietnamese Students in the US Rebounds
“Viet Nam remains a shining star in a rather dark and gloomy international student recruitment galaxy for US educational institutions”
Mark Ashwill @ NAFSA 2019
Here's an overview of some of the activities in which Dr. Mark Ashwill, Capstone managing director and co-founder, will be involved at the NAFSA 2019 Annual Conference next month in Washington, D.C. They include two…
Ethical agents should support direct student admissions
According to a survey by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC, 38.5% of United States institutions reported using agents in 2017, up from 30% in 2010.
The shift of Vietnamese students to Canada marches on
I placed a gentleman's bet with myself that the number of young Vietnamese studying in Canada would top 20,000 last year. Based on the latest statistics for 2018 released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
The shift of Vietnamese students to Canada marches on
I placed a gentleman's bet with myself that the number of young Vietnamese studying in Canada would top 20,000 last year. Based on the latest statistics for 2018 released by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
Unofficial, Pre-Conference Seminar About Commissions-Based Recruitment @ NAFSA 2019
Join Mark Ashwill, managing director and co-founder of Capstone Vietnam, a full-service educational consulting company in Viet Nam and former country director of the Institute of International Education-Viet Nam
Mark Ashwill to Lead 4th Annual Viet Nam Recruitment Seminar at NAFSA 2019
Capstone Vietnam is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Ashwill, managing director and co-founder, will speak at an unofficial, pre-conference Viet Nam student recruitment seminar to be held on Monday, May 27, 2018 in…
Rhetorical Question: “Why don’t Viet Nam’s universities rank higher in Asia?”
There is a tendency in Vietnam, with the media as an on- and offline amplifier, to engage in self-flagellation about education and other societal issues rather than looking carefully at the broader context and the…
US Student Visa Issuances to Vietnamese Students Resume Their Upward Trend
Below is a graph with information about F-1 (student) visa issuances from 1998, the early days of Vietnamese studying in the US, to 2017, which ended on 30 September last year. These data are from this Excel file on the…
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CEO Insights
Read CEO insightsPerspectives from Dr. Mark A. Ashwill on international education and Vietnamese student mobility, shared first on LinkedIn.