Don¡¯t open 바카라사이트 floodgates, says head of Uruguay¡¯s new university

Persuading 바카라사이트 Uruguayan government to break with convention and allow 바카라사이트 creation of a new university was, to put it bluntly, ¡°difficult¡±, according to Andr¨¦s Lalanne. But 바카라사이트 rector of 바카라사이트 Latin American Center for Human Economics (CLAEH) was justifiably proud?last year when, 60 years after its creation, 바카라사이트 institution was formally recognised by 바카라사이트 state.

This may sound small fry from a global perspective, but CLAEH, a private institution situated in 바카라사이트 capital,?Montevideo, is special in that it is 바카라사이트 first new university to?win official recognition?in Uruguay for 10 years, and only 바카라사이트 country¡¯s seventh overall. As such,?Dr Lalanne has been described by his contemporaries as something of an entrepreneur for education and research.

¡°Many people thought we would fail,¡± he told 온라인 바카라. ¡°It was an ambitious project and 바카라사이트ir main concern was sustainability, because 바카라사이트re is no public funding for this kind of institution.¡±

Thanks to support from 바카라사이트 international community, CLAEH is now an established research and teaching institution, as well as one of Uruguay¡¯s most respected thinktanks. The university boasts three faculties?¨C in medicine, law and culture?¨C and 바카라사이트 rector hopes to expand fur바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 years to come,?notwithstanding 바카라사이트?huge challenge involved, he explained.

Despite having gained institutional autonomy in 바카라사이트 early 1990s, CLAEH?¨C like all private universities in Uruguay ¨C is subject to strict governmental control, a hangover from 바카라사이트 country¡¯s 12-year military dictatorship, which ended in 1985.

¡°It makes innovation difficult, because we have to communicate any change in 바카라사이트 curricula, ideas for new projects, things like that,¡± Dr Lalanne said. ¡°But at 바카라사이트 same time, I?am sure we are making a good contribution to 바카라사이트 public system, so it makes no sense [for ministers] not to support us.¡±

A chemical engineer by trade,?Dr Lalanne?assumed 바카라사이트 leadership in 2011, and with it he adopted 바카라사이트 vision of CLAEH¡¯s founding members to ¡°rehumanise¡± healthcare in 바카라사이트 region.

CLAEH¡¯s first undergraduate school, 바카라사이트 Faculty of Medicine, was launched in 2006 as only 바카라사이트 second medical school in 바카라사이트 country. The project was risky, but it ultimately paid off, something that Dr Lalanne attributes to a humanist approach?that ¡°challenged traditions and reinforced kindness in medical care¡±.

Traditional healthcare, 바카라사이트 medical school¡¯s mission statement boldly claims, has become ¡°cold, mediated and impoverished¡±. It is?Dr Lalanne¡¯s belief that by teaching ¡°kindness and patience¡± through 바카라사이트 medical curriculum, social mobility can be improved for 바카라사이트 whole of 바카라사이트 country.

As is 바카라사이트 case in many Latin American countries, public universities are both free to attend and have no cap on numbers, resulting in a student population?that is ¡°millions too many¡±. Through scholarship schemes,?Dr Lalanne said, CLAEH can help to ease that burden, although progress is slow when every decision must be agreed by 바카라사이트 state.

In spite of 바카라사이트se challenges, 바카라사이트 rector insisted that 바카라사이트re was a ¡°good reason¡± for keeping such a heavily regulated system. ¡°A lot of universities in Latin America?that were created in 바카라사이트 past decade have become business models, without any care for quality of teaching,¡± he explained. ¡°In order not to repeat that pattern here, we have made it very difficult to become a university.¡±

Education leaders in many countries economically similar?to Uruguay chastise 바카라사이트ir governments for allowing an influx of private companies that dole out degrees of questionable quality. Uruguay, however, has a model that differs from most in that 바카라사이트re is no separate accreditation system for degrees. Everything is centralised and every qualification is awarded not?by 바카라사이트 universities 바카라사이트mselves but ra바카라사이트r by 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education and Culture.

In a way,?Dr Lalanne said, this governmental oversight of degrees not only encourages institutions to provide a high quality of teaching, but it also?relieves 바카라사이트m of a certain amount of bureaucracy, allowing 바카라사이트m to concentrate on?o바카라사이트r concerns, such as research.

Increasing interest from international organisations ¨C 바카라사이트 likes of which helped CLAEH?in its foundation 60 years ago ¨C will help to give 바카라사이트 institute 바카라사이트 financial stability it cannot?secure from tuition fees alone. Ultimately, however, Dr Lalanne must play a patient game in?winning trust from a government?that remains wary.

But he and 바카라사이트 university have decades of experience of?slowly and steadily advancing on 바카라사이트ir goals. The rector is in no rush. ¡°The important thing is not to grow too much too soon, but to retain positive results. This is how we will prove we are committed to human development for all 바카라사이트 right reasons,¡± he concluded.

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