The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities deeply regrets the situation faced by the students of Universidad del Mar and their families. We are deeply concerned to see how the students' dreams, aspirations, and sense of security are being shattered; they believed not only in a higher education program, but also in the State […]
The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities wishes to emphasize to the national community the importance, for any Higher Education System, of the ongoing evaluation of the quality of the various dimensions of university activity. In this regard, our country established a Quality Assurance System in 1998, the […]
The Council of Rectors publicly expresses its solidarity with the University of Concepción and its university community, with its rector, Sergio Lavanchy Merino, and his family, for the reprehensible acts of violence that have affected them in recent days, perpetrated by student groups who have failed to value opportunities for dialogue […]
In recent weeks, the Minister of Economy has announced through the media the drafting of a bill that would transfer the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Economy. As an explicit request from the President of the Republic, its objective is […]
The inclusion of the Grade Ranking in the 2013 Admissions Process means that an additional instrument is added to the grades (NEM) and the PSU score in the University Admissions and Selection System of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), without replacing either of these factors. The ranking consists of […]
The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) reiterates its recognition of the peaceful mobilization of the students of its Universities since it interprets a citizen demand of national interest that is undeniable.
Three months after the start of the student mobilizations that have challenged public conscience on such a relevant issue as higher education, the Council of Rectors has agreed to the following: To call upon all social and institutional actors to preserve the intellectual and cultural heritage that university institutions constitute […]
The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) deeply and extensively values the contributions that students, student leaders, academics, researchers, and support staff have made and continue to make to improving the quality of teaching and research in Chile, and which have succeeded in placing the issue on the national public agenda […]
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