With the participation of directors from 27 universities and Gloria Herrera, representative of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities, the first ordinary meeting of 2023 was held on April 12 and 13 at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. This meeting allowed for discussions on […]
On Friday, March 24, 2023, the first ordinary session of the Internationalization Commission of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) was held online. This body was chaired for the past year by Mr. Steve Baeza, Director of Institutional Relations at the Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception.
At the session held on Thursday, March 30, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the Undersecretary of Higher Education, Víctor Orellana, and the Superintendent of Higher Education, José Miguel Salazar, met for the first time with the full assembly of university presidents. Both officials presented their views and guidelines regarding the agendas […]
The rector of the University of Aysén, Natacha Pino, who is accompanying the commission, emphasizes that “there has been significant progress in the design and implementation of equality policies in institutions.” Furthermore, all CRUCH universities have gender offices and departments, and progress is currently being made in incorporating […]
At the session held this Thursday, January 12, at the University of Tarapacá in Arica, university authorities approved the amendment, marking a milestone in the history of CRUCH, created in 1954. CRUCH will hold a Strategic Management Workshop this Thursday and Friday to work on the fundamental strategic definitions for the period […]
The Director of SERMIG, Luis Eduardo Thayer, stated that “it is very important for us to be able to strengthen, through our work, the capacities of the national university system,” beginning this first step with the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities. For his part, the Council's Executive Vice President, Rector Emilio Rodríguez, expressed that […]
At the session held at the University of Concepción, the Vice-Rectors of Research from the universities of the Council of Rectors elected the new board for the next two years, comprised of Pedro Bouchon (PUC) as president, María Soledad Torres (UV) as vice-president, and Enrique Aliste (UChile) as secretary. […]
During the plenary session of the Council of Rectors held this Thursday, November 24, at the University of Aysén in Coyhaique, Executive Vice President Emilio Rodríguez praised the fact that the groups represented in the CRUCH (CUECH, G-9, and AUR) worked “harmoniously” during the budget discussion process. […]
This November 25th (25 N) is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the universities of the Council of Rectors have organized various activities in different regions of the country, including talks, seminars, discussions, walks, and poetry readings. The Coordinator of the Commission of […]
Delegates from CRUCH universities met for two days at the University of Aysén in Coyhaique to address the challenges the new Higher Education Entrance Examination (PAES) poses to the system as a whole. They also identified areas for improvement, such as having clear regulations and a schedule for the […]
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