Volume XIII,
Number 10
Oct. 16, 1991

CAPILANO COLLEGE'S INTERNAL NEWSLETTER Celebrating 20 Years 1968 - 1988

Capilano College gets TV spot in Hanoi

Can you imagine earning only $5 to $10
a month as a university instructor? That’s
the going rate in Vietnam, where per capita
income is less than $200 a year.

Incomes could rise if the country better
educates its people and restructures its
economy, says Rob Turner, Dean of Student
and Instructional Services, and Frieda
Wiebe, Head Librarian.

They learned a lot about Vietnam when
they visited the country this summer, and
the Vietnamese post-secondary system

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Frieda Wiebe, Head
Librarian speaking at
the International
Economics University
in Hanoi, Vietnam.

learned a lot from Rob and Frieda. Below
In mid-August Frieda and Rob arrived Attentive Vietnamese
educators at the

at the National Economics University in

Hanoi, where they conducted a three-day
seminar for Vietnam’s Ministry of Educa-
tion. They went under the

three-day seminar.

partial sponsorship of the Left
B.C. Centre for International Rob Tuer, Dean of
Education, chaired by Jon Student and

Instructional Services,
addresses the seminar
run by Vietnam's

Ministry of Education.

Jessiman, Associate Dean of
Student and Instructional
Services.

Rob and Frieda’s lectures
gave Vietnamese educators a
comprehensive view of the
B.C. post-secondary system
and insight on how to
establish a credit system and
initiate transferability of
credits.

The impetus for the
seminar had come from Dr.
Thiep, of Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training.
He had been in B.C. in May along with two other Viet-
namese educators. “He had a look at our system, which
he found impressive, particularly the transferability of
credits,” Frieda said. continued on page 3

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