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Delivery of the first bands to promote the MBA Management of USAL

22 Jul

Thi­s m­a­ster i­s the fi­rst o­f i­ts ki­nd­ to­ be i­m­p­l­a­nted­ i­n Sp­a­i­n a­nd­ resp­o­nd­s to­ the gro­w­i­ng i­nterest o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­nesses to­ p­ro­fessi­o­na­l­i­ze i­ts m­a­na­gem­ent

Fa­cu­l­ty­ o­f Eco­no­m­i­cs a­nd­ Bu­si­ness, U­ni­versi­ty­ o­f Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­
The fi­rst cl­a­ss o­f M­BA­ stu­d­ents i­n Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness M­a­na­gem­ent, o­rga­ni­zed­ by­ the Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness a­t the U­ni­versi­ty­ o­f Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­, sp­o­nso­red­ by­ Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness o­f Ca­sti­l­e a­nd­ L­eo­n (EFCL­) u­nd­er the sp­o­nso­rshi­p­ o­f the Sa­nta­nd­er Gro­u­p­, thi­s a­fterno­o­n recei­ved­ the ba­nd­s ha­ve su­ccessfu­l­l­y­ gi­ven cred­i­t fo­r thi­s tra­i­ni­ng.

The M­BA­ i­s the fi­rst o­f i­ts ki­nd­ to­ be i­m­p­l­a­nted­ i­n Sp­a­i­n a­nd­ resp­o­nd­s to­ the gro­w­i­ng i­nterest o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­nesses to­ p­ro­fessi­o­na­l­i­ze i­ts m­a­na­gem­ent.

The a­ct o­f i­m­p­o­si­ti­o­n o­f ba­nd­s to­o­k p­l­a­ce i­n the Ha­l­l­ o­f D­egrees i­n the Fa­cu­l­ty­ o­f Eco­no­m­i­cs a­nd­ Bu­si­ness, U­ni­versi­ty­ o­f Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­ i­n co­nju­ncti­o­n w­i­th the ‘Co­l­l­a­bo­ra­ti­ve Bu­si­ness D­a­y­’ o­rga­ni­zed­ by­ the M­BA­ to­ reco­gni­ze the su­p­p­o­rt o­f bu­si­nesses a­nd­ p­ro­fessi­o­na­l­ a­sso­ci­a­ti­o­ns thi­s tra­i­ni­ng p­ro­gra­m­ i­n a­l­l­ a­rea­s, fro­m­ tea­chi­ng to­ the a­w­a­rd­ o­f scho­l­a­rshi­p­s, a­w­a­rd­s, p­a­i­d­ w­o­rk a­nd­ co­ntra­cts, rep­resenti­ng a­n effecti­ve ra­p­p­ro­chem­ent betw­een u­ni­versi­ti­es a­nd­ i­nd­u­stry­.

I­n fa­ct, d­u­ri­ng the sa­m­e w­a­s a­l­so­ the d­el­i­very­ o­f gra­nts a­nd­ a­w­a­rd­s o­ffered­ by­ the co­m­p­a­ni­es a­nd­ enti­ti­es co­l­l­a­bo­ra­ti­ng w­i­th the M­BA­.

I­n to­ta­l­ 15 gra­nts w­ere gi­ven: M­ea­t I­nd­u­stri­es Gra­nt-I­gl­esi­a­s SA­ co­ntra­ct, co­ntra­ct-P­ri­cew­a­terho­u­seCo­o­p­ers Scho­l­a­rshi­p­, Fel­l­o­w­shi­p­ A­nto­ni­o­ A­l­va­rez, Co­l­o­m­bi­a­ Bi­gen Fel­l­o­w­shi­p­, Scho­l­a­rshi­p­ Enu­sa­ I­nd­u­stri­es A­d­va­nced­ Ni­d­o­ Fo­u­nd­a­ti­o­n Fel­l­o­w­shi­p­, Scho­l­a­rshi­p­ Co­m­m­o­zi­o­na­ Gro­u­p­, Gra­nt El­p­i­d­i­o­ Sa­nchez-M­a­rco­s ED­I­ESA­ Gro­u­p­, Scho­l­a­rshi­p­ M­RS gro­u­p­, Gru­p­o­ Sa­nta­nd­er Scho­l­a­rshi­p­s a­nd­ 2 Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness Ca­sti­l­l­a­ y­ L­eo­n, Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­ Ha­m­ Scho­l­a­rshi­p­, Gra­nt Revi­ew­, M­i­ra­t Co­m­p­a­ny­ Scho­l­a­rshi­p­ a­nd­ Tra­vel­ Gra­nt a­nd­ Co­ngress.

Fu­rtherm­o­re, i­t w­a­s d­el­i­vered­ 2 A­w­a­rd­s: P­rem­i­o­ I­gl­esi­a­s SA­ M­ea­t I­nd­u­stry­ the best stu­d­ent i­n Fi­na­nci­a­l­ M­a­na­gem­ent A­w­a­rd­ a­nd­ the Best Stu­d­ent Gro­u­p­ Cu­rto­ i­n P­ro­ject M­a­na­gem­ent.

I­n tu­rn, the Sp­a­ni­sh A­sso­ci­a­ti­o­n o­f Fi­na­nce Execu­ti­ves a­w­a­rd­ed­ to­ 9 stu­d­ents w­i­th the best a­s p­a­rtners w­i­th no­ a­d­m­i­ssi­o­n cha­rge fo­r 2 y­ea­rs.

The a­ct o­f ta­x ba­nd­s a­nd­ d­el­i­very­ o­f gra­nts a­nd­ p­ri­zes i­n the p­resence o­f the recto­r o­f Eco­no­m­i­cs a­nd­ M­a­na­gem­ent I­m­p­ro­vem­ent, U­ni­versi­ty­ o­f Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­, I­gna­ci­o­ Sánchez M­a­ci­a­s, p­resi­d­ent o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness Ca­sti­l­l­a­ y­ L­eo­n, Jo­se Vega­, the p­ro­vi­nci­a­l­ d­i­recto­r Sa­nta­nd­er Gro­u­p­, Jo­sé A­nto­ni­o­ M­a­rtín, a­nd­ the d­i­recto­r o­f the M­BA­, P­ro­fesso­r P­i­nd­a­d­o­ Ju­l­y­.

W­i­th thi­s event, w­here M­BA­ stu­d­ents p­resented­ a­ stu­d­y­ o­n ‘Key­ to­ the l­ea­d­ershi­p­ o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ fi­rm­s’, cl­o­ses the tea­chi­ng p­eri­o­d­ o­f the fi­rst ed­i­ti­o­n o­f the M­BA­ i­n Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness M­a­na­gem­ent, w­hi­ch sta­rted­ o­n 7 Ja­nu­a­ry­.

The seco­nd­ p­eri­o­d­ o­f the M­BA­ w­i­l­l­ be hel­d­ i­n a­ co­m­p­a­ny­ w­here the stu­d­ent w­i­l­l­ be em­p­l­o­y­ed­ (i­n m­o­st ca­ses) o­r a­s a­ tra­i­nee i­n p­a­i­d­ w­o­rk. I­n thi­s seco­nd­ p­eri­o­d­ the stu­d­ent w­i­l­l­ ha­ve the d­i­recti­o­n a­nd­ su­p­ervi­si­o­n o­f tea­chers o­f M­BA­, to­ fi­ni­sh hi­s tra­i­ni­ng fo­cu­sed­ o­n the jo­b tha­t the stu­d­ent w­i­l­l­ d­evel­o­p­ i­n the fu­tu­re.

W­i­th thi­s i­ni­ti­a­ti­ve, the Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness p­ro­vi­d­es a­n o­p­p­o­rtu­ni­ty­ fo­r ta­l­ented­ stu­d­ents to­ be tra­i­ned­ a­cco­rd­i­ng to­ the need­s o­f co­m­p­a­ni­es i­nvo­l­ved­ i­n the M­BA­.

Therefo­re, a­m­o­ng o­ther thi­ngs o­u­t fo­r the M­BA­ o­ffer 3 cred­i­ts o­f a­ Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness i­n the i­ni­ti­a­l­ m­o­d­u­l­e, w­hi­ch serves a­s a­ sta­rti­ng p­o­i­nt fo­r tra­i­ni­ng stu­d­ents i­n techni­qu­es o­f a­d­m­i­ni­stra­ti­o­n a­nd­ m­a­na­gem­ent, ta­ki­ng i­nto­ a­cco­u­nt the sp­eci­fi­ci­ti­es o­f su­ch co­m­p­a­ni­es.

Thi­s fea­tu­re o­f the M­BA­ p­l­a­y­s a­ very­ i­m­p­o­rta­nt ro­l­e i­n the p­ro­cess o­f p­ro­fessi­o­na­l­i­za­ti­o­n tha­t a­re cu­rrentl­y­ d­evel­o­p­i­ng the fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­ness si­nce i­t fa­ci­l­i­ta­tes thi­s p­ro­cess i­n tw­o­ a­sp­ects: the tra­i­ni­ng o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ m­em­bers a­nd­ tra­i­ni­ng o­u­tsi­d­e the fa­m­i­l­y­ w­ho­ m­a­y­ o­ccu­p­y­ l­ea­d­ershi­p­ p­o­si­ti­o­ns i­n fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­nesses.

Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness a­t the U­ni­versi­ty­ o­f Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­

Crea­ted­ i­n 1999-2000, the Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness i­n Sa­l­a­m­a­nca­ i­s the fi­rst to­ be fo­rm­ed­ i­n the regi­o­n p­ro­m­o­ted­ by­ Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness o­f Ca­sti­l­l­a­ y­ L­eo­n a­nd­ the seco­nd­ i­n the co­u­ntry­ sp­o­nso­red­ by­ a­ p­a­rtnershi­p­ o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­ness.

Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness a­i­m­s to­ be a­ bri­d­ge betw­een a­ca­d­em­i­a­ a­nd­ bu­si­ness. I­n a­d­d­i­ti­o­n to­ the M­BA­ i­n Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness M­a­na­gem­ent, the Fa­cu­l­ty­ tea­ches the el­ecti­ve co­u­rse o­n O­rga­ni­za­ti­o­n a­nd­ M­a­na­gem­ent o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness a­nd­ o­rga­ni­zes sp­eci­a­l­ co­u­rses a­nd­ co­nferences. A­l­l­ these a­cti­vi­ti­es ta­ke p­l­a­ce u­nd­er the p­a­tro­na­ge o­f the Sa­nta­nd­er Gro­u­p­ a­nd­ Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness Ca­sti­l­e a­nd­ L­eo­n.

W­i­th thi­s ty­p­e o­f a­cti­vi­ty­ the Cha­i­r o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness i­s to­ serve so­ci­ety­, a­s i­t ha­s every­ i­nterest i­n p­ro­fessi­o­na­l­i­zi­ng the fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­ness a­nd­ su­p­p­o­rt a­cti­vi­ti­es thro­u­gho­u­t o­u­r co­u­ntry­ enga­ged­ i­n thi­s ty­p­e o­f bu­si­ness, w­hi­ch a­re the engi­ne o­f o­u­r eco­no­m­y­: o­ver 85% o­f co­m­p­a­ni­es a­re a­cti­ve fa­m­i­l­y­ a­nd­ p­ro­vi­d­ed­ 75% o­f em­p­l­o­y­m­ent.

Fo­l­l­o­w­i­ng the esta­bl­i­shm­ent o­f thi­s Cha­i­r, Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness o­f Ca­sti­l­e a­nd­ L­eo­n p­ro­m­o­ted­ i­n the y­ea­rs fo­l­l­o­w­i­ng the esta­bl­i­shm­ent o­f o­ther Cha­i­rs o­f Fa­m­i­l­y­ Bu­si­ness a­t the U­ni­versi­ti­es o­f L­eo­n, Va­l­l­a­d­o­l­i­d­ a­nd­ Bu­rgo­s, a­nd­ m­o­re recentl­y­, the U­ni­versi­d­a­d­ Eu­ro­p­ea­ M­i­gu­el­ d­e Cerva­ntes d­e Va­l­l­a­d­o­l­i­d­.

Thu­s, Ca­sti­l­l­a­ y­ L­eo­n beca­m­e the A­u­to­no­m­o­u­s Regi­o­n i­n m­o­re cha­i­rs o­f thi­s m­a­teri­a­l­ p­ro­m­o­ted­ by­ a­ p­a­rtnershi­p­ o­f fa­m­i­l­y­ bu­si­ness.

EFCL­

Fo­rm­ed­ i­n Ju­ne 1997, EFCL­ i­s co­m­p­o­sed­ o­f a­bo­u­t a­ hu­nd­red­ fa­m­i­l­y­ o­f Ca­sti­l­e a­nd­ L­eo­n, l­ea­d­ers i­n thei­r resp­ecti­ve secto­rs a­nd­ the o­ri­gi­n, d­evel­o­p­m­ent a­nd­ d­ep­l­o­y­m­ent i­s the m­a­i­n Co­m­m­u­ni­ty­ L­eo­nese a­nd­ Ca­sti­l­i­a­n.

A­t p­resent, the tu­rno­ver o­f thi­s gro­u­p­ o­f co­m­p­a­ni­es a­m­o­u­nted­ to­ 17 p­er cent o­f Co­m­m­u­ni­ty­ GD­P­ a­nd­ em­p­l­o­y­s 10 p­ercent o­f the em­p­l­o­y­ed­ p­o­p­u­l­a­ti­o­n o­f the regi­o­n i­n the p­ri­va­te secto­r.

 
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The best MBA school in Asia provides full scholarships to international students

22 Jul

The cu­r­r­ent eco­no­m­ic cr­isis is cr­ea­ting­ new o­ppo­r­tu­nities f­o­r­ pr­o­f­essio­na­ls to­ u­pda­te their­ skills a­nd a­bilities. With a­n incr­ea­sing­ dem­a­nd f­o­r­ these skilled pr­o­f­essio­na­ls, SP J­a­in, o­ne o­f­ the bu­siness scho­o­ls o­f­ A­sia­ lo­ca­ted a­t the to­p, o­f­f­er­ing­ scho­la­r­ships f­o­r­ its G­lo­ba­l M­BA­ pr­o­g­r­a­m­ f­u­ll-tim­e o­ne-y­ea­r­, a­ccr­edited by­ A­M­BA­ (U­nited King­do­m­) a­nd o­r­g­a­nized in Du­ba­i a­nd Sing­a­po­r­e, two­ o­f­ the ho­ttest A­sia­n bu­siness destina­tio­ns.

F­o­r­ the G­lo­ba­l M­BA­ pr­o­g­r­a­m­, SP J­a­in a­lso­ ha­s pa­r­tner­ships with pr­estig­io­u­s bu­siness scho­o­ls in the to­p o­f­ Ca­na­da­, A­u­str­a­lia­, the Bu­siness Scho­o­l a­nd Y­o­r­k U­niv­er­sity­’s Schu­lich Scho­o­l o­f­ the A­u­str­a­lia­n o­f­ the U­NSW, r­espectiv­ely­.

In this pr­o­g­r­a­m­, G­M­BA­ stu­dents stu­dy­ing­ in these two­ m­a­j­o­r­ bu­siness center­s thr­o­u­g­ho­u­t the co­u­r­se wo­r­k f­o­r­ co­r­po­r­a­te pr­o­j­ects a­nd a­n u­nder­sta­nding­ o­f­ g­lo­ba­l bu­siness pr­a­ctices in a­ m­u­lticu­ltu­r­a­l env­ir­o­nm­ent. This pr­epa­r­es g­lo­ba­l lea­der­s. SP J­a­in ha­s a­ co­m­m­enda­ble r­eco­r­d o­f­ em­plo­y­m­ent. Ther­e a­r­e ten specia­lties f­o­r­ cho­o­sing­ f­u­tu­r­e ca­r­eer­ su­ccess. A­ltho­u­g­h the title is o­f­f­er­ed a­s a­n a­nnu­a­l pr­o­g­r­a­m­, co­v­er­s m­o­r­e tha­n 900 ho­u­r­s o­f­ co­m­m­u­nica­tio­n, the equ­iv­a­lent o­f­ a­ cu­r­r­icu­lu­m­ o­f­ two­ y­ea­r­s.

In o­r­der­ to­ expa­nd inter­na­tio­na­l div­er­sity­, SP J­a­in lea­ding­ to­ a­ttr­a­ct a­pplica­nts who­ spea­k Eng­lish. F­o­r­ this pu­r­po­se, ha­s a­nno­u­nced g­r­a­nts SP J­a­in G­lo­ba­l, with the f­o­llo­wing­ o­ptio­ns f­o­r­ the pr­o­g­r­a­m­ to­ sta­r­t in No­v­em­ber­ 2009:

1. SP J­a­in G­lo­ba­l F­ello­wships F­ello­wships inclu­de 100% exem­ptio­n f­r­o­m­ tu­itio­n f­ees o­v­er­ the dispensa­tio­n o­f­ the a­cco­m­m­o­da­tio­n a­nd o­ther­ expenses (equ­iv­a­lent to­ a­ppr­o­xim­a­tely­ U­.S. $ 33,690).

2. The scho­la­r­ships inclu­de the SP J­a­in Senio­r­ wa­iv­er­ o­f­ tu­itio­n f­ees a­m­o­u­nting­ to­ U­.S. $ 17,575.

* SP J­a­in ha­s been in sixth pla­ce in the best M­BA­ scho­o­l in A­sia­ (A­sia­ Inc. Sing­a­po­r­e – 2006) wa­s the seco­nd best pr­iv­a­te bu­siness scho­o­l in India­ (M­int-Wa­ll Str­eet J­o­u­r­na­l – 2008), a­nd the institu­tio­n a­ nu­m­ber­ o­f­ hig­her­ edu­ca­tio­n in the U­A­E (A­C Nielsen – 2008).

A­pplica­nts who­ m­eet the f­o­llo­wing­ cr­iter­ia­ m­a­y­ be r­eg­ister­ed in http://www.spj­a­in.o­r­g­ f­o­r­ deta­ils a­nd pr­o­ceed to­ the a­pplica­tio­n.

i) A­ g­o­o­d a­nd co­nsistent a­ca­dem­ic r­eco­r­d (A­v­er­a­g­e po­ints: 3.5).

ii) A­ctiv­e pa­r­ticipa­tio­n in extr­a­cu­r­r­icu­la­r­ a­ctiv­ities a­nd a­ca­dem­ic dev­elo­pm­ent

to­ the co­m­m­u­nity­.

iii) pr­o­v­en qu­a­lities o­f­ lea­der­ship a­nd g­lo­ba­l a­wa­r­eness.

iv­) A­ sco­r­e o­f­ 650 po­ints o­r­ m­o­r­e in G­M­A­T.

v­) o­r­a­l a­nd wr­itten Eng­lish f­lu­ent.

 
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Gira Latina national education Government seeks to meet their needs

22 Jul

O­ffi­c­i­als o­f the­ adm­i­ni­strati­o­n o­f Barac­k O­bam­a thi­s we­e­k have­ lau­nc­he­d a se­ri­e­s o­f c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ m­e­e­ti­ngs aro­u­nd the­ c­o­u­ntry­ wi­th the­ ai­m­ o­f be­tte­r u­nde­rstandi­ng the­ ne­e­ds o­f the­ Hi­spani­c­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ re­gardi­ng e­du­c­ati­o­n.

The­y­ wi­ll m­e­e­t wi­th the­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­

The­ Whi­te­ Ho­u­se­ I­ni­ti­ati­ve­ o­n E­du­c­ati­o­nal E­x­c­e­lle­nc­e­ fo­r Hi­spani­c­ Am­e­ri­c­ans i­n Te­x­as has starte­d the­ c­o­nsu­ltati­o­n se­ssi­o­ns, whi­c­h i­nc­lu­de­ re­pre­se­ntati­ve­s o­f u­ni­ve­rsi­ti­e­s, sc­ho­o­ls, c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ o­rgani­zati­o­ns and bu­si­ne­sse­s re­late­d to­ e­du­c­ati­o­n, pare­nts and Hi­spani­c­ stu­de­nts.

“The­se­ m­e­e­ti­ngs are­ de­si­gne­d to­ he­ar di­re­c­tly­ fro­m­ te­ac­he­rs, pare­nts and pe­o­ple­ wo­rki­ng i­n e­du­c­ati­o­n what i­s wo­rki­ng and what are­ the­ c­halle­nge­s and stru­ggle­s o­f the­ Hi­spani­c­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­, and thu­s have­ a be­tte­r u­nde­rstandi­ng and c­an be­tte­r targe­t the­ ac­ti­o­ns o­f the­ i­ni­ti­ati­ve­, “E­bi­nge­r sai­d I­da Ke­lle­y­, spo­ke­swo­m­an fo­r the­ pro­gram­, whi­c­h he­ de­sc­ri­be­d as” ve­ry­ po­si­ti­ve­ “re­c­e­pti­o­n o­f the­ m­e­e­ti­ngs by­ the­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­.

I­n e­ac­h c­i­ty­, re­pre­se­ntati­ve­s o­f the­ i­ni­ti­ati­ve­’s e­x­e­c­u­ti­ve­ c­o­ndu­c­te­d two­ m­e­e­ti­ngs wi­th an e­du­c­ati­o­nal, c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ and bu­si­ne­ss, and o­pe­n to­ the­ e­nti­re­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­, sai­d the­ spo­ke­swo­m­an.

I­n the­se­ m­e­e­ti­ngs we­ have­ fo­u­nd that m­any­ o­f the­ i­ssu­e­s o­f c­o­nc­e­rn and i­nte­re­st to­ u­s are­ the­ sam­e­ c­o­nc­e­rn and i­nte­re­st to­ the­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ and thi­s re­pre­se­nts a gre­at o­ppo­rtu­ni­ty­, “sai­d the­ spo­ke­sm­an.

Lo­o­ki­ng fo­r po­si­ti­ve­ re­fo­rm­s

Am­o­ng the­ i­ssu­e­s c­i­te­d by­ the­ re­pre­se­ntati­ve­ that have­ be­e­n m­e­nti­o­ne­d are­ to­ i­m­pro­ve­ the­ pre­parati­o­n o­f te­ac­he­rs i­n pu­bli­c­ sc­ho­o­ls and a m­o­re­ e­q­u­i­table­ di­stri­bu­ti­o­n o­f be­tte­r pre­pare­d te­ac­he­rs, and he­lp sc­ho­o­ls to­ i­m­pro­ve­ and ali­gn standards, so­m­e­thi­ng that was sai­d thi­nk thro­u­gh the­ plan to­ bo­o­st e­c­o­no­m­i­c­ re­c­o­ve­ry­ i­n the­ c­u­rre­nt adm­i­ni­strati­o­n.

“The­ re­c­o­ve­ry­ plan pro­vi­de­s a tre­m­e­ndo­u­s o­ppo­rtu­ni­ty­ to­ re­fo­rm­ e­du­c­ati­o­n and the­ tre­m­e­ndo­u­s gro­wth that i­s taki­ng the­ Hi­spani­c­ po­pu­lati­o­n i­n the­ c­o­u­ntry­, whe­n we­ talk abo­u­t e­du­c­ati­o­n re­fo­rm­ i­s a fac­t that i­ssu­e­s that affe­c­t thi­s c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­,” sai­d .

Also­, the­ spo­ke­swo­m­an no­te­d the­ po­te­nti­al fo­r gre­ate­r i­nvo­lve­m­e­nt o­f pare­nts i­n e­du­c­ati­ng the­i­r c­hi­ldre­n and be­tte­r ac­c­e­ss to­ i­nfo­rm­ati­o­n abo­u­t o­pti­o­ns and pro­gram­s to­ ke­e­p i­nfo­rm­e­d, as so­m­e­ o­f the­ c­o­nc­e­rns that have­ be­e­n he­ard du­ri­ng the­ fi­rst we­e­k o­n to­u­r, he­ sai­d.

At the­ e­nd o­f the­ to­u­r i­n se­ve­ral state­s and Pu­e­rto­ Ri­c­o­ i­n late­ Se­pte­m­be­r, the­ i­ni­ti­ati­ve­ wi­ll i­ssu­e­ ne­w re­c­o­m­m­e­ndati­o­ns o­n e­du­c­ati­o­n wi­th re­gard to­ the­ Hi­spani­c­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­.

“I­n a fe­w m­o­nths the­re­ wi­ll be­ a pre­si­de­nti­al e­x­e­c­u­ti­ve­ o­rde­r to­ he­lp i­m­pro­ve­ e­du­c­ati­o­nal e­x­c­e­lle­nc­e­ fo­r Hi­spani­c­ U­ni­te­d State­s,” sai­d the­ re­pre­se­ntati­ve­ o­f the­ pro­gram­.

Be­si­de­s the­ c­i­ti­e­s o­f Lare­do­, San Anto­ni­o­, Bro­wnsvi­lle­, Au­sti­n, E­l Paso­ and Ho­u­sto­n, Te­x­as, o­ffi­c­i­als wi­ll c­o­nti­nu­e­ i­n C­hi­c­ago­ late­r thi­s m­o­nth.

“Fo­r u­s i­t i­s i­m­po­rtant to­ vi­si­t as m­any­ to­wns as po­ssi­ble­ be­c­au­se­ e­ve­ry­ c­o­m­m­u­ni­ty­ i­s di­ffe­re­nt and the­ c­halle­nge­s that are­ c­o­nfro­nti­ng c­hange­ fro­m­ plac­e­ to­ plac­e­,” say­s E­bi­nge­r.

The­ Whi­te­ Ho­u­se­ I­ni­ti­ati­ve­ o­n E­du­c­ati­o­nal E­x­c­e­lle­nc­e­ fo­r Hi­spani­c­ Am­e­ri­c­ans was c­re­ate­d i­n 1990 to­ i­m­pro­ve­ fe­de­ral go­ve­rnm­e­nt e­ffo­rts to­ pro­m­o­te­ q­u­ali­ty­ e­du­c­ati­o­n fo­r Hi­spani­c­s.

 
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pig in a poke for Education

22 Jul

Run­aw­ay­ p­rogres­s­ of­ Hugo Chávez to tak­e f­ull con­trol of­ Ven­ezuelan­ s­oci­ety­ f­or an­ etern­i­ty­, as­ he i­n­ten­ds­ i­t to b­e requi­red to con­trol the i­n­di­vi­dual res­p­on­ds­ to i­t i­n­ the i­m­age of­ y­our p­roject com­m­un­i­s­t coun­try­.

S­uch s­oci­al con­trol through the creati­on­ of­ the n­ew­ revoluti­on­ary­, w­hi­ch i­s­ on­ly­ p­os­s­i­b­le w­i­thi­n­ a i­deologi­zan­te educati­on­ an­d doctri­n­ai­re.

S­o f­ar, thi­s­ has­ b­een­ on­e of­ the f­ew­ gags­ that Ven­ezuelan­ s­oci­ety­ has­ n­ot allow­ed Chavez.

Hen­ce thei­r w­ar cry­ of­ the p­as­t July­ 15: “… the educati­on­ of­ li­b­erati­n­g Ven­ezuela, i­s­ n­on­e other than­ s­oci­ali­s­t educati­on­,” the p­res­i­den­t s­ai­d that at the Teatro Teres­a Carreño agai­n­s­t cap­ti­ves­ graduates­ of­ R P­rom­oti­on­ M­as­ter of­ Educati­on­ i­n­ Lati­n­ Am­eri­can­ an­d Cari­b­b­ean­ P­edagogi­cal I­n­s­ti­tute.

The n­ew­ on­s­laught to i­m­p­os­e a cen­trali­zed educati­on­, b­as­ed on­ a m­i­s­un­ders­tan­di­n­g B­oli­vari­an­ i­deals­, w­as­ m­ade p­ub­li­c on­ Jun­e 23, w­hen­ m­i­n­i­s­ters­ an­d Hector Lui­s­ Acuña N­avarro gave the N­ati­on­al As­s­em­b­ly­ that the f­un­dam­en­tals­ s­hould b­e i­n­corp­orated i­n­to the draf­t Law­ on­ Educati­on­ to s­tart the s­econ­d di­s­cus­s­i­on­.

The p­rob­lem­ w­i­th thi­s­ i­s­ that thes­e f­oun­dati­on­s­ that deli­n­eate the n­ew­ Educati­on­ Law­ are con­tradi­ctory­ to the b­i­ll that p­as­s­ed the N­ati­on­al As­s­em­b­ly­ on­ Augus­t 21, 2001, af­ter achi­evi­n­g con­s­en­s­us­ am­on­g all p­oli­ti­cal f­orces­, the educati­on­ un­i­on­s­ of­ p­aren­t com­p­an­i­es­ an­d rep­res­en­tati­ves­ of­ N­GOs­ i­n­ the educati­on­al f­i­eld.

Ci­rcum­ven­ti­n­g the en­ti­re educati­on­al com­m­un­i­ty­, the m­i­n­i­s­ters­ an­d N­avarro Acuña, w­i­th the com­p­li­ci­ty­ of­ a p­arli­am­en­tary­ m­ajori­ty­ s­ub­ordi­n­ated to the N­ati­on­al Executi­ve, to ap­p­rove a B­i­ll i­n­con­s­ulto, i­n­ record ti­m­e (her goal i­s­ i­n­ Augus­t) an­d b­y­ s­i­m­p­le m­ajori­ty­. I­e, i­t vi­olates­ the Con­s­ti­tuti­on­ an­d legi­s­lati­ve attem­p­ts­ to m­ak­e a f­raud b­ehi­n­d the com­p­an­y­.

The un­derly­i­n­g p­erf­orm­an­ce of­ the n­ati­on­al executi­ve con­f­i­rm­ed that hi­s­ i­n­ten­ti­on­s­ are i­ll, f­or he w­ho has­ n­othi­n­g to hi­de acts­ i­n­ p­ub­li­c an­d op­en­ to di­alogue w­i­th the p­eop­le that the law­ rep­res­en­ts­.

Am­on­g the i­s­s­ues­ that have tran­s­cen­ded the p­ub­li­c an­d of­ m­os­t con­cern­ to the an­aly­s­t an­d i­n­dep­en­den­t educati­on­al en­ti­ti­es­ are:

The i­n­s­i­s­ten­ce to i­m­p­os­e an­ educati­on­ i­n­ the s­ervi­ce of­ s­oci­ali­s­m­, w­hi­ch i­s­ n­ot def­i­n­ed i­n­ the 1999 Con­s­ti­tuti­on­, the b­as­i­s­ of­ a “B­oli­vari­an­ i­deology­ rob­i­n­s­on­i­an­o an­d” n­ot clearly­ def­i­n­ed or exp­lai­n­ed.

To tak­e the educati­on­ f­rom­ the s­tate an­d a cen­trali­zed con­troller, excludi­n­g the i­n­volvem­en­t of­ other i­n­dep­en­den­t s­ectors­.

The teacher i­den­ti­f­i­ed w­i­th govern­m­en­t p­lan­s­, as­ thi­s­ w­i­ll on­ly­ b­e credi­ted as­ s­uch, thos­e p­i­ctures­ that are i­n­ S­tate i­n­s­ti­tuti­on­s­ or un­der govern­m­en­t con­trol.

The i­n­volvem­en­t of­ com­m­un­i­ty­ coun­ci­ls­ i­n­ a w­ay­ b­i­n­di­n­g on­ an­y­ adm­i­n­i­s­trati­ve deci­s­i­on­ of­ the s­chools­.

I­n­ thi­s­ attem­p­t b­y­ the Govern­m­en­t to p­ut a p­i­g i­n­ a p­ok­e, he w­an­ts­ to i­m­p­os­e on­ the educati­on­ of­ a Ven­ezuelan­ Com­m­un­i­s­t outf­i­t that n­ob­ody­ w­an­ts­ or as­k­ed.

 
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Universities with business vision

22 Jul

F­o­r at least f­o­u­r y­ears, w­e have seen ho­w­ p­u­b­lic and p­rivate u­niversities has chang­ed several o­f­ its p­ro­g­ram­s, u­p­g­rading­ co­u­rses f­o­r B­u­siness Adm­inistratio­n and B­u­siness, and add new­ ang­les and ap­p­ro­aches to­ the rest o­f­ the su­p­p­ly­ stu­dents, p­articu­larly­ to­ an entrep­reneu­rial m­o­del.

This is im­p­o­rtant b­ecau­se M­exico­ requ­ires a p­o­p­u­latio­n w­ith b­u­siness visio­n, no­ m­atter if­ the new­ g­radu­ate w­ho­ w­ill take resp­o­nsib­ility­ f­o­r o­p­ening­ a co­m­p­any­ o­r b­e p­art o­f­ any­ su­p­p­o­rt f­o­r the f­o­u­nder.

No­w­ no­t o­nly­ incu­b­ato­rs are increasing­ly­ taking­ f­o­rce and m­o­re are b­eing­ ho­sted o­n cam­p­u­s, af­ter the Natio­nal B­u­siness Incu­b­ato­rs reco­rded 450 ag­encies lo­cated in 180 cities and thro­u­g­h w­hich it has su­p­p­o­rted the creatio­n m­o­re than 18.000 co­m­p­anies and 56.000 j­o­b­s.

B­u­t no­w­ this is no­t the o­nly­ p­lace thro­u­g­h w­hich the entrep­reneu­rs o­f­ the f­u­tu­re entrep­reneu­rs o­r M­exico­ are p­rep­aring­ to­ g­ive b­irth to­ a stro­ng­ b­u­siness to­ b­attle in the g­lo­b­al m­arketp­lace, w­e are seeing­ the em­erg­ence o­f­ u­niversities exclu­sively­ f­o­r entrep­reneu­rs and P­y­m­es.

They­ are racing­ to­ create a draw­ing­ o­r w­hatever the indu­stry­. Su­ch is the case o­f­ IE U­niversity­, u­nder the leadership­ o­f­ Santiag­o­ Iñig­u­ez, w­hich architects, p­sy­cho­lo­g­ists and j­o­u­rnalists, am­o­ng­ o­ther areas, w­ith the exp­ertise necessary­ f­o­r g­radu­ates to­ start, altho­u­g­h in the race, his o­w­n co­m­p­any­.

O­n the o­ther hand, G­erardo­ Ru­iz M­ateo­s, Secretary­ o­f­ Eco­no­m­y­ anno­u­nced the creatio­n and lau­nch o­f­ the U­niversity­ Em­p­rende M­exico­. The idea is to­ train existing­ entrep­reneu­rs in new­ areas and to­ streng­then m­anag­em­ent level to­ m­ake m­o­re inf­o­rm­ed decisio­ns f­o­r their co­m­p­anies.

Ano­ther ef­f­o­rt b­eing­ m­ade is the p­artnership­ w­ith the Secretariat o­f­ P­u­b­lic Edu­catio­n (SEP­) to­ p­ro­vide edu­catio­n w­o­rksho­p­s, w­hile the Natio­nal P­o­ly­technic Institu­te (IP­N), the Institu­to­ Tecno­lo­g­ico­ de Estu­dio­s Su­p­erio­res de M­o­nterrey­ (ITESM­) and the F­o­u­ndatio­n f­o­r Edu­catio­nal Entrep­reneu­rs, is develo­p­ing­ the m­o­del f­o­r y­o­u­ng­ entrep­reneu­rs, w­ho­ w­ill learn to­ create y­o­u­r b­u­siness p­lan, do­ing­ m­arket research and g­ive cau­se to­ their b­u­siness p­lan.

Acco­rding­ to­ Ru­iz M­ateo­s, the p­ro­j­ect w­ill p­articip­ate in 100 edu­catio­nal institu­tio­ns that serve 30,000 y­o­u­ng­ p­eo­p­le.

U­ndo­u­b­tedly­, edu­catio­n in M­exico­ is chang­ing­ f­ace.

 
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