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 The Cartagena de Indias Summer School, whose operations have been based at the Bolívar Technical University (UTB) for eight years, is the meeting place for important intellectuals from the Caribbean region of Colombia, to the rest of the country and beyond. They will be offering courses in multiple subjects during the months of June, July, December and January, while keeping a fun and free learning environment that also maintains the standards and rigors required by Higher Education.
To gain a thorough un...
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 The International Institute of UNESCO for Higher Education in Latin American and the Caribbean (UNESCO-IESALC), the Development Studies Center of Central University of Venezuela (CENDES) and bid. & co. editor invite you to attend to the book launch: Comparative Higher Education: The prominence of Internacionalization" by Dr. Carmen Garcia Guadilla.
The event will take place at the Bookstore El Buscón, located at C.C. Paseo de Las Mercedes, Trasnocho in Caracas, Venezuela today, July 29, 2010 at 6:30 pm.
The book is also available ...
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 Student representative organizations in Brazil are participating in the Second National Conference of Scientific Outreach, Integration and Technology in Latin America, being held July 25-30, 2010 at the Life Sciences Center of Rio Grande del Norte Federal University in Rio Grande del Norte, Brazil.
The event is being organized by the National Association of Post-Graduates (Associação Nacional dos Pós-Graduandos-ANPG) in conjunction with the National Student Union (União Nacional dos Estudantes-UNE), the Brazilian Union of Higher Education Students (União Brasileira dos ...
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 The UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO-IESALC) recently published the book Higher Education, Intercultural Cooperation and Sustainable Development / Good Living. Experiences in Latin America that presents eight case studies on the experiences of Higher Education Institutions (IES) in five Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) that have developed methods of intercultural collaboration with communities and / or indigenous peoples' organizations that articulate creative and advantageous objectives for improving the ...
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 From July 6-9th of this year, the Office for University Cooperation (OCU) organized the seminar, Internationalization of the Latin American University, in the Colombian city Cartagena de Indias.
The seminar's primary objectives were to understand the regulatory framework of university internationalization, to analyze changes that are being produced in Higher Education and to identify the most relevant challenges involved in the implementation of internationalization strategies.
A total of 54 institutions were invited to the seminar, ranging from universities and Higher Education agencies ...
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 Jose Renato Carvalho, UNESCO-IESALC Director, will participate as a speaker at the conference “Reforming Higher Education: Implications for Caribbean Administrators,” organized by the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators, which will take place in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, from the eighth to the tenth of July of this year.
The Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators has summoned a number of professionals originating from different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean to “stimutlate the highest professional and ethical standards and the ...
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 Two years after the celebration of the Regional Conference on Higher Education (CRES 2008), where a regional integration plan was set forth, UNESCO-IESALC is presenting users its Portal in English.
In order to provide access to pertinent information on Higher Education to the international community, especially to the Caribbean region, and broaden the number of readers, UNESCO-IESALC will be publishing its contents in English as of June 2010.
One of the goals of UNESCO-IESALC is to “promote the utilization of Information and ...
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 For the first time since its official launching in 2009, on the occasion of the third Meeting of University Networks and Rectors’ Council of Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place in Lima, Peru, the Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Area (ENLACES), celebrated a seminar to discuss and reflect on the processes of regional Cooperation and Integration in the virtual environment.
The event, that took place within the XI Virtual Educa International Meeting 2010 on June 23rd in San...
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 Dr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic, was head of the inaugural table at the XI International Meeting of Virtual Educa, which opened Monday and will continue until Friday, June 25 in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The inaugural ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also included the presence of First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez; the Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Albuquergue, Ligia Amada Melo de Cardona, Minister of Higher ...
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 The following article was written by Dr. Jose Mario Anton, Secretary General of Virtual Educa on the occasion of the celebration of the eleventh edition of the International Virtual Educa Meeting. The text summarizes the activities that will take place at the event, which will occur in the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between June 21-25, 2010.
a. Introduction.
With just a few days until the start of the latest edition of the annual Virtual Educa International Meeting, ...
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 By Dr. Francisco Imbernón.
Recently, university teaching has begun to be viewed as a complex and multidimensional process where in addition to the years of experience, requisite disciplinary knowledge and routine classroom practices, pressures external to the institutions are being introduced. If we extend this reflection to the level of academic contents, we find a widespread perception that the university is not adapted to the social and educational requirements of the social system. This is a contentious issue that produces uneasiness in...
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 Within the framework of the II International Meeting of Rectors UNIVERSIA 2010, which took place in Guadalajara, Mexico between May 31 and June 1, 2010, the Iberoamerican Journal of Higher Education (RIES) was presented. The publication, which includes the participation of UNESCO-IESALC Director Jose Renato Carvalho, is dedicated to promoting and disseminating research on topics in Higher Education that have been carried out in Latin America.
To learn about the launching, UNESCO-IESALC interviewed Dr. Angel Diaz-Barriga, RIES Director, who spoke to ...
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 In the second and latest round of the First University Teacher’s Syndicate Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held at the Federation of University Teachers (FEDUN), the Network for the Improvement of University Teacher Working Condtions of Latin America and the Caribbean was formed last June 8.
The commitment was signed by FEDUN, the National Federation of Higher Education Teaching Syndicates of Venezuela (FENASINPRES), the Federation of National University Teachers of Peru (FENDUP), the Worker’s Syndicate of the ...
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 Buenos Aires, June 7th (Telam) – An inclusive and quality higher education for all students, university expansion and States’ right to defend themselves in the face of the market’s advances against free university education, are the challenges being faced by this level of education in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to various specialists in the field.
Legislators, union leaders, national staff and representatives of international educational institutions agreed on these points at the Teachers Latin American and Caribbean Union Forum ...
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 Helgio Trindade, rector of the Federal University for Latin American Integration (UNILA), an initiative proposed by Brazil, said that the mission of this house of studies is to contribute to Latin American integration through shared knowledge, which is the most free-flowing and unifying currency among peoples and cooperation with solidarity.
The creation of UNILA in 2007 responded to the Brazilian Government’s need to seek a university model for the XXI century. For this Latin American nation, it was important to have ...
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 On Wednesday, July 28th, the University of Carabobo (UC), located in Carabobo, Venezuela, welcomed UNESCO-IESALC Director, José Renato Carvalho to ...
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 Do you want to know how to apply for a student visa? Interested in studying English in the United States? Do...
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 The World Youth Parliament (WYP), is a forum where young people may freely discuss issues that they are concerned about, ...
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 The Aula Latin American University filters the management of Projects of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development at ...
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 The RIACES Steering Committee granted an applications extension for those wishing to participate in the programs, “Evaluators Training and Exchange”, ...
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 The six laureates of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes for 2010 were proclaimed today by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina ...
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 Various professionals from different regions of Latin America and the Caribbean attended the Eighth National Meeting of Curriculum and the ...
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 Mexico, in association with the United Nations System, will host the 2010 World Youth Conference, from August 23rd – 27th ...
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 The UNDP officially released the first 2010 Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean at 9am Costa Rica time on Friday, July...
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 Seven universities in Minas Gerais are exploring the creation of a consortium of federal institutions. Its location would allow students ...
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 The Autonomous University of Barcelona is accepting applications for 30 scholarships to be awarded to non-resident, non-European students, ie. not ...
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 Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva approved a law for the creation of the Federal University of Luso-Afro Brazilian ...
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 Seventy Higher Education professionals from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, The Dominican Republic and Venezuela attended the seminar Internationalization of ...
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 The agreement signed by representatives of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT) of the Dominican Republic and...
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 After nearly two months of work, the Panel of Experts for Quality Education, presented its first conclusions and proposals for ...
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