«Last Monday, January 4, the decision of CORFO to award the tender of the Clean Energy Institute (ITL) to the North American consortium Associated Universities Inc. (AUI) was announced, which has generated a national debate led by senators. , deputies and researchers, both from the universities of the Council of Rectors and from others […]
In the plenary session on Thursday, November 26, Senator José Miguel Insulza and Senator Yasna Provoste were present, representing the group of parliamentarians who have supported the universities of the Council of Rectors. Regarding the budget discussion, the executive vice president of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, said that […]
Regarding the discussion of the 2021 budget for higher education, the rector of the USACH also pointed out that “the Council of Rectors is a diversity of communities, with different ways of thinking; Notwithstanding this, today we are one hundred percent united and committed to carrying out this task of rescuing and replenishing the funds […]
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 […]
In the framework of the discussion of the 2021 Budget for Higher Education, CONFECH requested to meet with CRUCH to analyze the complex situation faced by universities. The rectors valued the students' concern and thanked the support received regarding the proposals that the CRUCH has made known in […]
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 […]
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 […]
«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 […]
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 […]
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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