Each month, we host the School of Education Research Speakers Series. These talks will highlight one of our esteemed colleagues as they share insights from a recent publication or other scholarly product and how their work informs practice and policy.
Huyen-Thanh Le serves as a lecturer within the Faculty of Quality Management at the University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (UEd, VNU). She completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics education in 2009. Subsequently, she obtained both her Master's and PhD degrees in Education Management from the University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Dr. Huyen's research interests encompass leadership in education, educational policy, higher education, educational evaluation, and educational innovation.
During her exchange period at Indiana University, Dr. Huyen will undertake research on the Free Tuition policy for College students Majoring in Education in Vietnam, seeking to know how the Vietnamese government's tuition fee waiver policy for pedagogical students, implemented from 1998 to 2020, affected key stakeholders. To investigate the changing context and efficacy of this policy over time, the study employs qualitative research methods, including semi-structured in-depth interviews. The research questions in the semi-structured questionnaire encompass various aspects, including background information, the roles of key stakeholders in the policy, the educational or professional contexts of the interviewees, and the effects of the tuition fee waiver policy. In addition to interview data, the study incorporates secondary sources such as documents pertinent to the research.