The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 23
media as well as by email notification to VEF contacts, program participants, and VEF Alumni. For the 2011
cohort, VEF engaged the U.S. National Academies to help select the best-qualified U.S. Faculty Scholar
applicants.
TOTAL NUMBER OF U.S. FACULTY SCHOLARS
As of Fall 2011, VEF has awarded grants to 17 U.S. Faculty Scholars in 4 cohorts:
1. 2008 cohort: 4 Faculty Scholars
2. 2009 cohort: 2 Faculty Scholars 1
3. 2010 cohort: 6 Faculty Scholars (One 2010 Scholar was approved to defer to the 2011 cohort.)
4. 2011 cohort: 5 Faculty Scholars
For the academic year 2011-2012, VEF awarded five grants to five American professors. One U.S. Faculty
Scholar from the 2010 cohort, who deferred to the 2011 cohort, is also teaching during this academic year
[Appendix 21: U.S. Faculty Scholars (6) of Cohort 2011]. Five Scholars teach via video conferencing from the
United States and one teaches on site in Vietnam.
To date, most Faculty Scholars (59% = 10/17) have taught via videoconferencing from the United States; 35%
(6/17) have taught on-site in Vietnam; and one Faculty Scholar (6% = 1/17) has combined both teaching methods,
face-to-face and videoconferencing.
U.S. FACULTY SCHOLAR ALUMNI
As of September 2011, 11 Faculty Scholars have completed their teaching programs in Vietnam [Appendix 22:
U.S. Faculty Scholar Alumni (11)]. These U.S. Faculty Scholar Alumni have contributed to capacity-building in
the STEMM fields in Vietnam through teaching and related research activities. They have also helped Vietnamese
institutions to develop curriculum, to integrate research opportunities, to improve student learning outcomes, and
to include student and teacher evaluation. Through the teaching programs of these Faculty Scholars, the positive
collaborative relationships between U.S. and Vietnamese higher education institutions and faculty members have
been expanded in a way that may lead to sustainable partnerships. The U.S. Faculty Scholar Alumni are an
integral part of the VEF Alumni Network, and many of them have continuously supported VEF and the VEF
Fellows and Scholars community.
1 Two 2009 Faculty Scholars received one grant as they were co-teaching. However, only one is listed here as the Faculty
Scholar because only one person is considered the recipient of the VEF grant funds and is responsible for the grant.