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"

Faced with the decrease in the 2021 Budget for Higher Education and also for Science and Technology, the concerns and demands of the Council of Rectors are three: to restore the basic institutional and project funds; approve long-term indebtedness for state universities with a state guarantee; and suspend the application of Regulated Tariffs. On […]

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Executive Vice President of CRUCH on the 2021 Budget: “Government authorities have tried to generate distrust and discredit the universities of the Council of Rectors”

To clarify and deny the proposals of the Ministry of Finance, the Council of Rectors released a Technical Minute that focuses on three central issues: the decrease in financing in Higher Education programs, the transparency and accountability of the universities, and the supposed increase in salaries in universities. The […]

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CRUCH Research Committee elects new board and establishes main lines of work for 2020-2022

The new president of the Research Commission of the Council of Rectors, Andrea Rodríguez Tastets, Vice-Rector for Research and Development at the University of Concepción, outlined the main lines of work for the 2020-2022 period. Meanwhile, the former president of the commission, Adrián Palacios, gave a positive assessment of the work carried out […]

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Budget 2021: the proposal of the Ministry of Education seriously threatens the sustainability of CRUCH universities

«The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), before the 2021 Budget proposal presented by the Executive for Higher Education, wishes to express to public opinion that: The proposal of the Ministry of Education for next year is incomprehensible and unacceptable, since it seriously undermines the sustainability of the CRUCH universities […]

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Universities of the Council of Rectors come together to eradicate violence against women

On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated, and the Gender Equality Commission of the Council of Rectors defined an agenda of activities for the entire month under the slogan "Chilean Universities without Gender Violence" . Today, Wednesday, November 11 at 3:00 pm […]

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A working table will be formed between the Council of Rectors and the Undersecretariat of Higher Education to address financing 2021

In today's session of the Council of Rectors, attended by the Undersecretary of Higher Education, Juan Eduardo Vargas, one of the central issues was the proposal presented by the Undersecretariat of Higher Education corresponding to expenses not established in permanent laws for Education Superior for the year 2021, which was rejected […]

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Executive Vice President of the Council of Rectors: “It is a very encouraging sign for our universities that the 2021 budget for Higher Education was voted against.»

The Fourth Mixed Subcommittee on Budgets rejected the proposal presented by the Undersecretariat of Higher Education corresponding to the expenses not established in permanent laws for Higher Education for the year 2021. The executive vice president of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, and the rectors Ennio Vivaldi, president of the Consortium of State Universities of Chile, Diego […]

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Launch Nansen Manual Dialogue and Conflict Transformation: Listen to Transform

The executive vice president of the Council of Rectors, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, pointed out that “the main motivation of CRUCH for sponsoring the manual is to promote dialogue related to generating the conditions for civic trust and peace in social coexistence, in order to achieve a more just and inclusive democracy ”. The manual […]

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Executive Vice President of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi: "Without financial support, the consequences of the pandemic on universities will bring serious structural consequences"

Rector Zolezzi spoke at the special session of the Chamber of Deputies this Tuesday, October 6 and referred to the effects that the pandemic has had on CRUCH universities. The negative financial impact is estimated at more than $179 billion pesos. The CRUCH university groups gave […]

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