tailieunhanh - Diversification of higher education in Vietnam: Experiences in international cooperation and financial autonomy at the VNU - International school

This renovation process is currently facing many difficulties and challenges, the most critical of which concerns financial security in the context of a relatively weak economy. Based on an analysis of different mutations of higher education (HE) in the world and on the experiences of the International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-IS), this article tries to show that the diversification of financial resources through “socialization" and internationalization is a feasible and even optimal solution for producing resources allowing Vietnamese post-secondary education to achieve and maintain international standards. | VNU Journal of Science: Education Research, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2016) 1-9 RESEARCH Diversification of Higher Education in Vietnam: Experiences in International Cooperation and Financial Autonomy at the VNU-International School Nguyễn Trọng Do, Ngô Tự Lập* VNU International School, 144 Xuân Thủy Str., Cầu Giấy Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam Abstract Since 1986, the beginning of Vietnam’s Renovation Policy (Đổi mới), the Vietnamese educational system has undergone multiple reforms directed toward meeting the demands of society in terms of volume, quality and international values. This renovation process is currently facing many difficulties and challenges, the most critical of which concerns financial security in the context of a relatively weak economy. Based on an analysis of different mutations of higher education (HE) in the world and on the experiences of the International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-IS), this article tries to show that the diversification of financial resources through “socialization" and internationalization is a feasible and even optimal solution for producing resources allowing Vietnamese post-secondary education to achieve and maintain international standards. Received 02 October 2015; Revised 26 November 2015; Accepted 25 March 2016 Keywords: Financial management, Internationalization of higher education, joint program, International School. 1. Problem * necessary in the periods of great social change. For Vietnam and most of the former socialist countries, the last decades of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century represent one of those periods of radical change. In this article, we will focus our analysis on higher education financial management policy, a relatively narrow but very complex area that causes debate not only in Vietnam but also in many other countries, including those with highly advanced higher education systems. This situation results from the fact that HE financial management policy, being .