University trying to build bridges in Asia and ease the financial burden on students
Marcus Pass
Issue date: 1/26/09 Section: News
The University is planning a lot for the next few years with respect to campus construction, new academic programs and even programs to help students in economic need. President William Carroll recently came back from visiting Vietnam and talked about what the University has in store.
Carroll was in Vietnam having discussions on the start of Benedictine's new MBA program partnership in the country, which plans to start accepting students in June. The plans and negotiations for this program have been in the making for ten years, but really took off three years ago. BU has six sites in Asia: five in China and this new one in Vietnam.
"Our focus is really on China, but we couldn't say no to Vietnam," Carroll said.
BU has been trying to focus on China and students going to China. The University has been very well received in China.
"We would like to give our students a heads up dealing with China and if we are globally educated, it will be a good experience," explained Carroll.
BU is the only university to have a China Institute. According to the website, www.ben.edu/china/index.htm, the China Institute "seeks to advance relations between China and the United States through a unique partnership between education and business to make transparent the political, economic, cultural, business and ideological forces that shape our relations."
Carroll had previously gone overseas to begin collaboration talks with China and now he is busy handing over the task to the Dean's of both institutions so they can get involved and begin negotiating. In addition to breaking ground by branching out globally, Benedictine has has been innovative in its approach to student finances. The Board of Trustees approved a tuition freeze last semester to help current students be better able to afford a good education. Carroll was excited for Benedictine's novelty of the idea.
"We were the first college in the country to produce tuition freeze," he said. This is the second time the University has frozen the tuition. The first occurred in 1997.
Carroll was in Vietnam having discussions on the start of Benedictine's new MBA program partnership in the country, which plans to start accepting students in June. The plans and negotiations for this program have been in the making for ten years, but really took off three years ago. BU has six sites in Asia: five in China and this new one in Vietnam.
"Our focus is really on China, but we couldn't say no to Vietnam," Carroll said.
BU has been trying to focus on China and students going to China. The University has been very well received in China.
"We would like to give our students a heads up dealing with China and if we are globally educated, it will be a good experience," explained Carroll.
BU is the only university to have a China Institute. According to the website, www.ben.edu/china/index.htm, the China Institute "seeks to advance relations between China and the United States through a unique partnership between education and business to make transparent the political, economic, cultural, business and ideological forces that shape our relations."
Carroll had previously gone overseas to begin collaboration talks with China and now he is busy handing over the task to the Dean's of both institutions so they can get involved and begin negotiating. In addition to breaking ground by branching out globally, Benedictine has has been innovative in its approach to student finances. The Board of Trustees approved a tuition freeze last semester to help current students be better able to afford a good education. Carroll was excited for Benedictine's novelty of the idea.
"We were the first college in the country to produce tuition freeze," he said. This is the second time the University has frozen the tuition. The first occurred in 1997.
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