Higher Education System

Check HERE for news related to the Higher Education System and CRUCH in the last decade:

• CRUCH supports amendment to law on family abandonment and alimony payments
  10/07/2024

• CRUCH presents observations on bill regarding mental health in education
  08/05/2024

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH on Mental Health: “We want to contribute with public policy proposals and work jointly with the Executive Branch”
  25/04/2024

• The CRUCH Commission will contribute to the “Higher Education Modernization Agenda” promoted by the Undersecretariat
  23/04/2024

• CRUCH universities generate initiatives to support people affected by fires in the Valparaíso region
  06/02/2024

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH: “Digital transformation is an obvious fact”
  21/11/2024

• CRUCH and its advisory committees will collaborate on the Ministry of Education's higher education modernization strategy
  31/08/2023

• Vice President of CRUCH, Emilio Rodríguez, regarding Regulated Tariffs: “The Undersecretariat is gathering elements that are essential for the Council”
  28/07/2023

• CRUCH raised concerns about the "I Care and Study" bill in the Senate Education Committee
  13/06/2023

• Rectors and presidents of CRUCH commit to working on the academic modernization of the university system
  25/05/2023

• CRUCH will develop proposals to contribute to improving the quality of the Higher Education System
  05/07/2024

• The executive vice president of CRUCH reiterates that the new process for setting regulated tariffs must guarantee the participation and solvency of the institutions.
  02/06/2022

• CRUCH agreed to accept Undersecretary Figueroa's invitation to participate in a new process for setting regulated tariffs
  27/05/2022

• The Council of Rectors is analyzing the Comptroller's opinion that accepted objections to the procedure for setting regulated fees.
  28/10/2021

• Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi: "It is unfortunate and disrespectful that the Minister of Education describes the conflict with the Council of Rectors as artificial"
  22/09/2021

• Council of Rectors, Ministry of Justice and Gendarmerie establish an alliance to promote social reintegration of persons deprived of liberty
  26/05/2021

• Council of Rectors will integrate work table on Education committed by the new President of the Senate
  18/03/2021

• Council of Rectors thanked parliamentarians for the support during the discussion of the 2021 Budget for Higher Education
  26/11/2020

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi: "If the Executive does not reverse the 2021 Budget for Higher Education, he will be responsible for mortgaging the country's capacity to generate knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship"
  24/11/2020

• CONFECH expressed to CRUCH rectors its concern for the sustainability of universities
  18/11/2020

• A working table will be formed between the Council of Rectors and the Undersecretariat of Higher Education to address financing 2021
  29/10/2020

• Council of Rectors reiterates that it will request the suspension of the regulation of tariffs in all the corresponding instances
  24/09/2020

• Council of Rectors questions the fee setting model defined by the Undersecretariat of Higher Education
  30/07/2020

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH on Free Tuition: “Equal opportunities are not respected when students are left without financing options”
  25/07/2019

• Council of Rectors and DIVESUP will form a working table to address the problems of Gratuity
  27/06/2019

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH: "What we do not share with the current Government is that despite its criticism of the design of Gratuity, do nothing to change it"
  31/05/2019

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH assures that it is necessary to review the financing model of higher education
  28/05/2019

• CRUCH presents deputies with recommendations to the bill that introduces modifications to the Quality Assurance System
  06/03/2019

• Commission of Vice-Rectors for Research of the CRUCH will participate in the pre-legislative discussion for the creation of the Ministry of Science and Technology
  13/04/2016

• CRUCH universities analyze MINEDUC's proposed National Qualification Framework
  17/03/2015

• Rectors of CRUCH participate in a meeting on new Regional Universities in Coyhaique
  24/11/2014

• CRUCH welcomes Minister Nicolás Eyzaguirre and defines participation in MINEDUC dialogues
  24/07/2014

• Five CRUCH universities participate in the project of state Technical Training Centers
  04/06/2014

• CRUCH universities are part of a pilot program for preparatory courses promoted by the government
  2/06/2014

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH in Chamber session: Provisional Administrator Project is a “necessary and urgent” measure”
  12/05/2014

• Council of Rectors receives Minister Eyzaguirre in its plenary session
  28/03/2014

• Council of Rectors in Arica: Rectors will ask for more information on the Reference Tariff formula
  20/01/2014

Higher Education Reform

• Aldo Valle: "Now the gratuity is open for institutions controlled by profit-making entities"
  28/03/2018

• Aldo Valle: "Allowing profit represents a rejection of a very broad social demand"
  22/03/2018

• Rector Valle confirms sending of indication for performance contribution to non-state universities of the CRUCh
  17/01/2018

• Executive Vice President of the Council of Rectors, Aldo Valle: "The modification of the composition of the CRUCH depends on a legislative act"
  15/06/2017

• Vice President of CRUCH, Rector Aldo Valle: "Just as the Higher Education project conceives the access system, the public decision is confused with the government decision"
  01/06/2017

• CRUCH gives unanimous support to Red G9 and maintains that new legislation should recognize their contributions to the public function
  23/08/2016

• Aldo Valle, on the Higher Education project: "You cannot make the public system compete with a higher education market"
  01/07/2016

• The CRUCH Executive Committee meets with Minister Delpiano to learn about the structure of the Higher Education Reform Project
  16/06/2016

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH, Aldo Valle: The Reform is an opportunity to put an end to the free market that governs Higher Education in the country today.“
  29/12/2015

• Rectors of the CRUCH meet with President Bachelet to request that the presentation of the Reform to Higher Education be postponed
  28/12/2015

• Executive Vice President of CRUCH, Aldo Valle leads a demonstration on gratuity and University Reform
  22/12/2015

• Rector Aldo Valle: “If any university belonging to the CRUCH is excluded from free tuition, the government will demonstrate an unacceptable inconsistency.”
  17/12/2015

• Aldo Valle: “We reiterate CRUCH’s commitment to the free tuition initiative; it is a public policy in favor of the country.”
  26/11/2015

• Aldo Valle: "Our institutions require certainty and security regarding the income that they will have for free from 2016"
  29/10/2015

• Aldo Valle: “The Reform entails qualitative and structural changes for the entire Higher Education System”
  28/08/2015

• Proposals of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities for the Reform of Higher Education
  30/07/2015

• Academic Vice-Rectors meet with Mineduc to analyze Higher Education Reform
  05/09/2014