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An Overview of American-Vietnamese Academic Agreements

Explore challenges and solutions in transferring college credits from Vietnamese to American education systems. Learn about types of academic agreements facilitating credit transfers with examples like MOUs, articulation agreements, and joint statements.

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An Overview of American-Vietnamese Academic Agreements

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  1. An Overview of American-Vietnamese Academic Agreements By Dr. Hien Van Tran, CPA Professor – University of Houston-Clear Lake Director of Vietnam Programs University of Houston System

  2. Presentation Outline • Needs for transfer of Vietnamese-earned credits • Difficulties in transfer of credits • American rules on transfer of credits • Types of academic agreement to facilitate transfer of credits • Academic-agreement examples

  3. Needs for Transfer of Vietnamese-Earned College Credits • Strong demand for high-quality American college education • Very high cost of American education • Transfer of Vietnamese-earned credits as cost reduction measure

  4. Dissimilar Educational Systems as Main Difficulty in Transfer of Credits

  5. American Rules on Transfer of Credits Criteria for Vietnamese-Earned Transferrable Credits • MOET-approved degree-granting Vietnamese university • Equivalency/comparability in nature, content and learning experience • Appropriateness and applicability of learning experience The language of instruction could be Vietnamese for some subjects.

  6. Type of cooperation agreements • General MOU – a handshake agreement – not applicable for transfer of credits • Articulation agreement leading to transfer of credits and award of degrees-- detailing curricular content and roles/responsibilities, close scrutiny from American accreditation bodies • Academic Curricular Consulting Agreement to develop equivalent/readily transferrable courses -- less scrutiny from American accreditation bodies. • Joint Statement for institutions to agree of transfer of credits from similar programs -- much less scrutiny from American accreditation bodies.

  7. Academic Agreement Examples • Articulation agreements – Troy programs, Northcentral programs, UH-VNU (IE), UMSL—UEF (courses taught in Vietnamese are transferrable), etc. • Academic Curricular Consulting Agreement – UHCL-VNU (CIE), UHCL-UEH • Joint Statement – UH-VNU (CIE), UHV-UEF

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