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11-04-2009, 05:00 PM
Higher Education Minister Ligia Amada Melo expressed her opposition to the opening of more branches of the state university, UASD. In an interview with El Caribe she said that research has shown that there is an inverse relationship between the opening of new branches and the quality of the graduates. The Fernandez government has built extensions of the UASD in Santiago, Nagua, San Francisco de Macoris, Higuey, Bonao and Puerto Plata. Others are under construction in San Juan de la Maguana, Barahona and Mao. "The university does not have the finances to operate adequately, not even in its main campus, and if the construction of branches continues, the level is going to decline," she said. She says that students will graduate with a degree, but will not be equipped to practice their career.
"We are saying this openly. We believe it is a mistake for the UASD to be pleasing the provinces that want to have branches, without thinking about quality. The President has said he does not want to support more branches, but the quality in those that already exist."
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"We are saying this openly. We believe it is a mistake for the UASD to be pleasing the provinces that want to have branches, without thinking about quality. The President has said he does not want to support more branches, but the quality in those that already exist."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)