'Realteacher' - what do you mean by 'serious' forum for discussion? One good thing about the internet, and sites like this, is that they DO provide a forum for discussion. Otherwise the only information you get is via official channels - and biased. As in your case where you tow the party line but without disclosing the truth.

"Most qualified teachers and managers"? That's a joke, surely? When I worked there the average age of 'mentor' teachers was about 25 and the highest qualification out of all of them was a 4 week CELTA programme with a couple years of teaching experience - mostly at EIU. IS that what you mean by qualified?

Now, "good facilities" - you mean the whiteboard in each class with the 2 whiteboard markers assigned to each teacher? Or the 10 or 12 really modern, portable cd players shared between the 60-odd teachers? Because there is no audiovisual equipment in any English class and not even an internet connection.

What does success rate mean in IELTS? IELTS is a banded score - usually measured from about 4.0 to 9.0. Do you consider it a success that most EIU students barely scrape a 5.0 or 5.5 after more than a year in your English department? That's fair intermediate. Most international universities expect a 6.5 or 7.0 as a basic minimum for academic study in English. The only few students that have ever scored 7.0 higher were already proficient in English before they arrived at EIU. You must be so proud. Besides cramming IELTS test preparation down students' throats for 8 -10 weeks does not a good educator make. It's poorly-run language school on a university campus. Nothing more. And even in Vietnam has a very poor reputation that is only getting worse.

But what can you expect from an institution that was given to a 29 year old son of the CEO of the company who built the university? A man with no educational qualifications and zero educational experience?

The only failures we had there were trying to instil proper academic standards and methodology. Impossible in that environment. 'Realteacher' I hope you get to work in a real university some day.