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…
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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…
Dr. Mark Ashwill to Lead 3rd Annual Riding the Wave Viet Nam Recruitment Seminar at NAFSA 2018
Capstone Vietnam is pleased to announce that 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 28, 2018 at a…
Students in east China and Vietnam top rich-world peers
Lower incomes not a bar to educational achievement, World Bank says Simon Roughneen, Asia Regional Correspondent
Not Even Trump Can Slow Vietnam's Economy, Official Says
Vietnam’s economy will grow faster this year than in 2017 and will see only a “minor” impact from President Trump’s trade tariffs, according to a senior government official.
Vietnamese thirst for overseas travel grows in tandem with expanding economy: Visa
The country's emerging ranks of globetrotters are also forecast to spend bigger on foreign holidays.
How the Vietnamese Use the Internet, Including Social Media
“Since most young Vietnamese, including those planning to study overseas, are online, one question to ask yourself is: how big is your digital footprint in Viet Nam?”
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.