Mineduc rejects CRUCH proposals to face crisis situation of universities in the context of Covid-19

In the second session in which the Senate's Education and Culture Committee analyzed the situation of universities in the context of the pandemic, the Undersecretary of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education dismissed the proposals presented by the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) in the previous session on May 25. The executive vice president of the Council of Rectors […]

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Financial impact on CRUCH universities due to health and social emergency is more than $160 billion pesos to date

The plenary session of the Council of Rectors today analyzed an update of the financial information of its Universities in the context of the health and social emergency in the country. Since the first report presented by the CRUCH Economic Commission in April, to date, the total financial impact has increased by 10%. The executive vice president […]

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Council of Rectors defines lines of action to face the academic and financial situation of its universities

The new executive vice president of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, reiterated "the importance of the effort that universities have made to maintain academic activities and the multiple initiatives that they have developed to help face the health emergency", during the session this Thursday 28 of May. In addition, the Youth Culture and Coexistence Commission of […]

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Council of Rectors publishes publication that reflects its commitment to university admission and higher education in the country

"The University Admission System: Commitment and Contribution of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities to Higher Education", is the title of the compendium released today by the Council of Rectors through various virtual platforms. The publication offers an overview of the trajectory of the university admission system in Chile; describes the […]

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USACH Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi was elected as the new Executive Vice President of the Council of Rectors

This Thursday, April 30, the new authorities of the organization were elected for the period 2020 - 2022. In addition to the executive vice president, the alternate executive vice president was elected, a position that will be assumed by the rector of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Ignacio Sánchez; and also six rectors to integrate the Executive Committee. In the session, […]

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Council of Rectors presents a report on the situation of the universities and proposes five measures to contribute to the financial viability of the schools without harming the permanence of the students

The executive vice president of CRUCH, rector Aldo Valle, presented today in the Education Commission of the Chamber of Deputies a report that accounts for the higher costs of implementing the training processes due to the health emergency and the lower income that this will receive. year the schools, which are estimated at […]

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Vice President of the Council of Rectors indicated the unfeasibility of the bill that would suspend the collection of fees in universities

This Tuesday, April 14, the rector Aldo Valle committed to the Education Commission of the Chamber of Deputies a report that details the financial situation of the CRUCH universities and that will allow evaluating the impact of this bill for the different schools. The Commission agreed that this report be presented […]

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Commitment to dialogue and life for Chile

«In the context of the serious health and economic crisis produced by the Coronavirus, COVID-19, the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), made up of 30 institutions that represent the most diverse intellectual and cultural traditions of the country, has estimated a civic duty and a responsibility proper to its mission to make a call to […]

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Executive Vice President of CRUCH, Aldo Valle: "the universities of the Council have promoted a series of measures to give continuity to the training process of students"

The executive vice president, Aldo Valle, highlighted that the 30 universities of the Council have promoted a series of measures to give continuity to the training process of the students, "focusing especially on responding to the connectivity needs of those students who they lack such means. For this reason, all the […]

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Twenty-eight universities of the Council of Rectors suspend classes to prevent contagion of Coronavirus

To date, through various communications, twenty-eight CRUCH campuses have implemented prevention measures and protocols to face this epidemic (see the published information of each university at the end of this text). The measure of suspension of classes is due to the fact that the Ministry of Health recently confirmed that the expansion of the Covid-19 virus […]

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