Jennings, Bender to Address Vietnamese Higher Ed. Conference

PRESIDENT EMERITUS TO ADDRESS EDUCATION GROUP IN VIETNAM

     COLUMBUS - Edward H. Jennings, president emeritus and 
finance professor at The Ohio State University, will discuss the 
framework for the United States' higher education system at a 
seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam Aug. 1-3.

     Jennings, who was president of Ohio State from 1981-1990, 
will address a group of officials from the Vietnamese higher 
education system and education department at the seminar, which 
is sponsored by the Midwest Universities Consortium for 
International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA).

     "Vietnam is looking toward moving its higher education 
system into a more university-style system modeled after the 
system in the United States," said Bill Flinn, director of 
MUCIA.

     The current higher education system in Vietnam divides 
different areas of study, such as science and business, into 
separate educational institutes.  The country has plans to 
combine the separate campuses into a comprehensive university 
system, similar to the system used in the United States, Flinn 
said.

     Jennings has worked with several international organizations 
and universities, including the World Bank, which is helping 
Vietnam reorganize its higher education system.

     Also scheduled to speak is Charlie Bender, director of the 
Ohio Supercomputer Center.  Bender will address the types of 
computer technologies needed to successfully implement a western-
style higher education system.  

     "The leaders of the universities in the Big Ten are 
interested in becoming world leaders in higher education," Flinn 
said.  "This seminar is another step in that direction."

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Contact: Bill Flinn (614) 291-9646
Written by: Kelli Whitlock (614) 292-9475


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