Rector de la U. Adolfo Ibáñez dice que "no es necesario romper el Consejo de Rectores ni modificar su financiamiento, simplemente sería una instancia de convenciones parciales".
Las universidades públicas aún otorgan más peso a la enseñanza presencial que a la virtual. Sin embargo, las privadas sí han sabido ver el modelo virtual, basado en Internet, el futuro de la educación en nuestro país.
Solo nueve universidades de las 132 que existen en el país completaron a la fecha los procesos de autoevaluación de calidad educativa de 31 carreras profesionales, informó hoy el Consejo de Evaluación, Acreditación y Certificación de la Calidad de la Educación Superior Universitaria (Coneau).
El futuro del Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF) pasa por dar entrada a la iniciativa privada. Lo confirmó ayer el conseller de Sanidad, Luis Rosado, quien dio a conocer la decisión de abrir la puerta tanto a centros públicos como privados para que la financiación no proceda «exclusivamente de subvenciones de las organizaciones públicas». La Universidad Católica San Vicente Mártir podría ser una de las instituciones privadas que mayor protagosnimo tendrán en los convenios de colaboración con el CIPF.
Expanding access to public education should not be about punishing wealthier nonprofit universities. Rather, the solution lies in reinvigorating our cultural and economic commitment to public education, and making better use of public money to subsidize those nonprofit entities that work to benefit our communities, rather than shareholder wallets.
Some blame the problem on for-profit universities that have proliferated in the past two decades as a reaction to increased demand for higher education. The universities, which offer as little as one degree, have earned the moniker ‘garage universities’ because they often operate from houses, where each room is a ‘faculty’.
222 of 2,181 private colleges and universities nationwide will raise their tuition rates by an average of 10 percent or P41.52 per unit when the next school year opens in June, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said.
Nearly 500 private higher education institutions (IPTS) in the country will be affected if the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) is abolished, said Deputy minister in Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Ahmad Maslan.
Tensions are escalating between private colleges and public universities in a battle to win state education dollars. At issue is the $49 million in Iowa Tuition Grant money the state gave last year to more than 18,000 students attending Iowa’s private colleges and universities, even as the Legislature slashed funds to public universities.
The government is being urged to prevent universities being bought by private equity firms after the College of Law, a charity that provides teaches law courses in London and six other cities across England, was sold to a private equity firm for £200m.
The chairs and tables in the dining hall at Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster are lined up neatly, as if lunch is about to be served. But the doors are locked, the giant clock on the wall has stopped, and the notice on the window is anything but welcoming: “This building has been secured and is off-limits until further notice.”
El gobierno de Rafael Correa decidió cerrar 14 universidades provadas argumentando el bajo nivel académico. Mas de 38.000 estudiantes exigen la reapertura.
La matrícula en universidades peruanas se incrementó en 69.4% desde el 2006 debido a la creación de nuevas casas superiores de estudio, principalmente privadas, según un estudio regional presentado por Universia.
Las universidades privadas se quedan con el 81% del total de la matrícula actual. Sin embargo, solamente cuatro de estas instituciones poseen al menos una carrera acreditada que certifique la calidad de la formación que ofrecen a los futuros profesionales.
El rector de la UAB señaló que "el ideal sería que el estado se hiciera cargo de la brecha entre los aranceles de referencia y efectivos, sobre todo con la gente más pobre y no sacarse el pan de la boca".
Higher Education Authority Chairman John Hennessy said the continuing growing demand for Higher Education in Ireland could no longer be fully met by the publicly funded institutions. He said that at a time of cutbacks, and because of close links to industry, private colleges were often in a better position to deliver better programmes.
The Chairman of the Higher Education Authority, John Hennessy, has criticised the “very restrictive” public service working practices across the third-level sector. In an address yesterday he also envisaged a greater role for private colleges in the provision of higher education courses in Ireland.
Selected private colleges and TAFEs will soon benefit from the easy-street student visa processing arrangements already enjoyed by universities, under immigration reforms signed off today in Canberra.