Promoting student participation, as well as generating input and guidelines for a policy on coexistence and mental health in universities, are some of the challenges defined during the plenary session. Almost a year after the Commission on University Coexistence and Mental Health held its first meeting, […]
Until September 5th, initiatives or best practices for the prevention and promotion of mental health and/or university coexistence developed by students from CRUCH universities will be accepted. The call for submissions has four stages, and the first stage simply involves completing a form (link below). The selected initiatives will be announced […]
The first National Meeting of Gender Leadership Teams of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) will bring together more than 120 representatives over two days. The teams will share their experiences, lessons learned, and challenges in the process of developing and implementing gender policies in universities. The opening day will include […]
In their first in-person meeting, held on July 27 and 28 at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, vice-rectors and directors of Community Engagement from CRUCH universities shared experiences to define a work plan for 2024. The board of the […]
At Thursday's session of the Council of Rectors, the Undersecretary of Higher Education presented a work schedule and the main guidelines for implementing regulated tuition fees. The executive vice president of CRUCH acknowledged progress in this process. “First, the assessment of the complexity, since it is not […]
The event, held online on Tuesday, July 11, brought together more than 100 participants from across the country and abroad, who had the opportunity to learn more about the scope, risks, and challenges of this technology, which is becoming increasingly important in the field of library management and administration. «The […]
The Longitudinal Study of University Mental Health (ELSAM) by the Millennium Nucleus Imhay, in which more than 7,000 students from five CRUCH universities participated, revealed five areas of mental health problems: Major Depressive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Harmful Alcohol Use, and High Suicidal Risk. The Commission of […]
In an interview with CNN Chile's "Sana Mente" program, the president of the CRUCH's University Coexistence subcommittee stated that universities "reflect what is happening in society. Therefore, in recent years we have lived in a context of greater irritability, with difficulty connecting and exchanging experiences." […]
From CRUCH's perspective, the bill to forgive State-Guaranteed Student Loans (CAE) does not address the impact of its implementation nor does it consider universities as guarantors of the CAE system. Furthermore, it lacks the support of a comprehensive review of student financing, as well as studies that […]
“The Council has stated very clearly, and unanimously, that it is important, fundamental, to resolve the problem of non-detriment in the short term,” said CRUCH Executive Vice President Emilio Rodríguez. The Rector of the UC, Ignacio Sánchez, expressed that “for us this situation of detriment is particularly serious, because it means affecting the […]
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