The Council of Rectors expresses its concern regarding the modification to the formula for calculating the Reference Fee.

The Council of Rectors, in response to the Ministry of Education's decision to modify the formula for calculating the Reference Tuition Fee, declares the following: 1. Regarding this concerning announcement, we, as rectors of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), neither participated in nor were aware of this change until now, when the decision had already been made and the budgets […]

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Carolina Foundation opens a new call for PhD scholarships

Until April 10, 2014, the Carolina Foundation opened a new call for applications for doctoral scholarships and short-term postdoctoral fellowships, as part of the agreement signed with the Council of Rectors. The Carolina Foundation opened its 2014-2015 call for applications to one of the 41 universities that offer doctoral scholarship positions and […]

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CRUCH participates in Conference on Alfa Puentes project in Colombia

The Council of Rectors attended the Second Bi-Regional Conference of University Associations: A Euro-Latin American Alliance for Innovative, Responsive, and Sustainable Universities, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. More than 30 university associations and rectors from Latin America and Europe met – between December 2 and 4 – in Cartagena […]

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Liceo de San Bernardo: Language Test will be corrected without discount for incorrect questions

Technical analyses confirmed that the students did indeed receive and answer the test with the instruction that incorrect answers would not be penalized. The omission rate among the 439 affected students was significantly lower. CRUCH Executive Vice President Juan Manuel Zolezzi stated that “we are offering the most technically appropriate measure so that […]

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Technicians from the Unified Admission System and DEMRE are studying alternatives for high school students in San Bernardo

The decision will be communicated to the affected students on Friday, confirmed María Elena González, executive director of the Unified Admissions System. María Elena González, executive director of the Unified Admissions System (SUA) of the Council of Rectors (CRUCH), reported that a team of professionals from the Admissions System and the Evaluation Department, […]

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Court of Appeals: "Ranking of Notes represents values and public goods"

The executive vice president of the Council of Rectors, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, stated that he was “very pleased for the thousands of families who will now have a real opportunity to access higher education.” The ruling indicates that the Grade Ranking is an instrument with “a clear social commitment to recognizing merit and […]

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