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Tag: University of Puerto Rico
Latinx
Puerto Rico’s Higher Ed Institutions Show Resilience After 2017 Hurricanes
In September 2017, hurricanes Irma and Maria blasted through Puerto Rico and wrecked Inter American University’s campus in Arecibo and left many of its students displaced. Following the storms, student enrollment tumbled.
October 1, 2019
News Roundup
Education Insiders Among FBI Indictments in Puerto Rico
Two former top officials in Puerto Rico are named in an unsealed corruption indictment for allegedly directing $15.5 million in contracts to favored businesses, edging out other companies for the lucrative government work despite allegations of being unqualified, according to National Public Radio. FBI agents this week arrested Julia Keleher, secretary of the island’s department […]
July 13, 2019
Opinion
The Urgency of Supporting the University of Puerto Rico
The economic crisis in Puerto Rico is a humanitarian issue. Puerto Ricans on the island are American citizens. Yet, the struggles of the island and its education system are barely covered in the media.
May 2, 2018
Students
University of Puerto Rico Reopening as Students End Protest
After more than 50 days of a sustained strike that suspended campus activities altogether, students at the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus voted to end the protest on Monday. Classes are expected to begin again next week.
June 6, 2017
Students
Title IV Funds Withheld from 5 Campuses in Puerto Rico During Strike
Adding to the University of Puerto Rico’s financial woes, the Department of Education has rescinded the eligibility of five of the system’s 11 campuses for Title IV programs due to the ongoing student strike.
May 17, 2017
Students
Protesting Students in Puerto Rico Committed to Saving Higher Ed Access
Students on strike in the University of Puerto Rico system have settled in for the long haul as the island struggles to come to a resolution regarding its massive debt crisis.
May 15, 2017
Students
Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Wallops University System
Puerto Rico’s fiscal control board is proposing to cut the university system’s budget by nearly half by 2021. As a result, the stakes are higher than ever for UPR’s future.
May 10, 2017
Students
Puerto Rico University Students Vote to Keep Strike Going
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A strike that has shuttered Puerto Rico’s largest public university for more than a month will continue indefinitely in defiance of a court order, students decided Wednesday. Thousands of students approved extending the strike at a mass meeting where they also demanded an audit of Puerto Rico’s $73 billion public […]
May 10, 2017
Latinx
Economic Crisis May Sink Education in Puerto Rico
The economic crisis in Puerto Rico has caused some leaders to consider making significant cuts in education.
September 29, 2015
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