I've never seen talk of research actually translate into much here in the case of private universitiers. The international recognition thing here is a pathetic marketing tool. SITC, or SII, is affiliated with Preston University, a P.O. box in the States that ships out degrees to 3rd World countries. They make a big show of promising their Ph.D. and DBA students the opportunity to attend graduation in the U.S., giving them the impression that they'll be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with American students, when the reality is that they'll be with hordes of Bangladeshi and Pakistani suckers - because those are two other countries where they offer their "internationally recognised American degrees." It's shite here. Other schools which try to achieve international accredidation (such as Norton at the new campus or even InterEd with their program) will simply not be able to price it to the Cambodian market in my opinion.kevinlena wrote:There were at least two in PP that seemed serious - - broad fields represented, wanting to establish a good research record, establishing international rep through networking and more importantly with concerns for international standards. In these two, there are undergraduate degrees in Psych, with a broad array of courses on the curriculum - and a relatively large number of staff.
In terms of a salaried position, those are not that hard to get if you're well qualified and experienced. But the advantage of getting paid for the holidays is often outweighed by the fact that you have all sorts of other menial jobs to do and get a pretty pathetic package when you do all the math. Often, you can be really useful for teaching, because you're American and have a Ph.D (though with the number of fakes in this town, it doesn't even impress me anymore), but the management won't see your value as an administrator when they can get a cheap Khmer of Filippino desk-jockey. You will obviously make more than English teachers. But not by that much, and certainly not what you're worth in my opinion.
You've mentioned "two" universities. In addition to KiR's suggestion of RUPP (the public place), I could only think of three private universities worth a mention - Norton, Panasastra, and Build Bright. But there's not even really that much to recommend those places. The best of a bad lot. That's the best I can say of them.