Executive Vice President of CRUCH in Chamber session: Provisional Administrator Project is a “necessary and urgent” measure”

In a special session to analyze the proposed Provisional Administrator, Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi stated that “it is not possible to endorse arbitrariness, illegality, or poor quality education based on the autonomy of universities.” The Executive Vice President of the Council of Rectors (CRUCH), Juan Manuel Zolezzi, attended […]

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Meeting with the Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Education

At the Council of Rectors, a first meeting was held between the Office of International Relations of the Ministry of Education and the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH). The Director of the Office of International Relations of the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), Elizabeth Rubio, held a working meeting with the Executive Director of the Council of Rectors, María Teresa […]

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CRUCH participates in the Going Global 2014 Higher Education meeting

The Council of Rectors participated in the Going Global 2014 international conference organized by the British Council, which focused on the internationalization of higher education. With the aim of strengthening collaborative networks and promoting the internationalization of the Council of Rectors' universities, and thanks to the invitation extended by the British Council, […]

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Evaluation of the Admission Process 2014 contemplates the Effect of Ranking of Notes, Stages of the Process and PSU Application Results

The Unified Admissions System released three reports evaluating the 2014 Admissions Process, highlighting the impact of the Grade Ranking as well as the results of the University Selection Test. All three reports are available on our Admissions System website: Grade Ranking Effect Report […]

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Nicolás Patrici: "The governing boards have to play a fundamental role as legitimizing mechanisms for integration in higher education."«

The coordinator of the Ulises project at OBREAL and professor at the University of Barcelona defended the contribution of international cooperation and asserted that it is vital for university authorities to involve their communities in these initiatives. This took place within the framework of the Regional Mobility meeting for the Andean countries, which brought together groups […]

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Julio Theiler: "Student mobility is an excellent means not only to improve cooperation but also to improve the training of university graduates."«

The representative of the Montevideo Group hopes that the meeting on Regional Mobility for the Andean countries will be the origin of a pilot student mobility program to be launched in 2015, with the support of the five rectors' associations involved. Julio Theiler, representative of the Montevideo Group, expressed his optimism because the […]

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Elizabeth Colucci: "For us, it is interesting to support this initiative because we have considerable experience in regional mobility programs."«

The representative of the European Association of Universities (EUA) maintained that "the most relevant aspect is the importance of identifying the added value of mobility, whether for undergraduate, postgraduate, or research students." She added that "in this region, common challenges can be identified, and with that, it would be easier for universities to work together toward a common goal." Among those […]

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Andean Mobility: Interviews with the protagonists of the meeting organized by CRUCH

This meeting on Regional Mobility for the Andean countries was held at the University of Valparaíso, bringing together university groups from the region and European experts. Below are interviews with three of the meeting's attendees, who discuss the challenges of mobility in the Latin American region, […]

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Meeting on Mobility and Regional Integration organized by CRUCH brought together associations of university rectors from Latin America

The meeting served as the starting point for a pilot mobility program, to be carried out in 2015, in which it is expected that around one hundred young people will be able to study in a country of the Andean Community. The meeting of the associations that make up the Andean University Council (CONSUAN), a group […], was held at the University of Valparaíso.

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