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When we consider the future of universities are not aware of the many problems currently being generated within the main core of conflict management university.

The world’s best universities are also, or rather have been throughout history, major centers of revolt and social developments of all kinds to their respective countries, and in many cases the main sources of all kinds of insurgencies.

These facts must not modify the attempts of some centers to continue to be the central change argument, but in the midst of the crisis we see how the paper has declined steadily as such from the main players universities, a much more technocratic and political nonsense or social.

This complaint, which is very large and serious, has been in different media and circles, especially the old cohertes of students that universities have seen their machines dispense into college degrees, no other reason than this to try to inject some vitality in its sacrosanct institutions.

Still, universities are still a main center of thought, and generate many different realities into society, being in part, reasons and support for these movements, which in times of crisis, are even more positive and necessary. Read the rest of this entry »

Deeply concerned to note as the universities has declined in the role of teachers in many, are passive behavior, few creative, innovative and above all, unable to influence learning, sharing ideas, giving way to new knowledge, models, solutions that work with the serious problems facing higher education as both national problems.

Much of the plant, university professors are comprised of individuals holding the office of teacher endorsed the selection friendship, political commitment, family role for academic excellence. This has led to a decline in teaching, looming in the training of professionals who leave the classroom as well as the absence of professional profiles defined according to the characteristics of current demand scenarios.

It is outrageous that many universities have not been identified with the scope, the demands of the knowledge society in the present, and make use of information technology. Internet, virtual classrooms, to promote the research, collection date sources of information, discussion, additional knowledge that will allow more timely and consistent behavior of the progress of science in the present reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Given the results that currently have some universities, especially public interest in our analysis, seriously concerned to reconstruct how it is managed, how it has affected results favorable to the State, considering the low academic performance are occurring, where the absence of academic excellence is a given for both undergraduate and for postgraduate.

At many universities, the authorities they forget that according to UNESCO:

a. Education is a fundamental right of human beings and has a universal human value.
b. The formal and informal, must itself be useful to society by providing an instrument to encourage the creation, advancement and dissemination of knowledge and science, putting the knowledge and education to everyone.
c. A three concerns of equity, relevance and excellence must guide all education policy.
d. The renewal of education and accordingly all, must rest on a reflective and profound analysis of the information.
e. Take into account the fundamental values ​​and concerns for which there are agreements within the international community: human rights, tolerance, etc..
f. Responsibility for education rests with society as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »

Countries have even in the Latin American continent as we are concerned, where there are probably more integration of universities with business, regardless of public or private source. Linking is crucial to optimize outcomes that benefit all stakeholders in this includes, especially the country, which requires efficient production system that ensures dynamic markets, supply, favorable economic impact.

Unfortunately, there are countries, such as we are concerned, Venezuela, this linkage has left much to be said, is almost zero, being noted as both sectors, companies and universities wasted opportunities for growth, service, social responsibility and especially the proper management of human capital, social

The university authorities, especially public ones, have failed to manage and leverage this relationship, when they have tried to make his role was more figurative than proactive, agreements are signed to shelve, were never launched, leading all It has found that disadvantaged them instead of having achievements that this could be achieved. Read the rest of this entry »

It is unfortunate as the national scene manifested a poor linkage between universities and the state and vice versa. The State only includes in its responsibility to financially subsidize public universities such subsidy and unfortunately does not fit the economic needs of present, especially in an inflationary scenario, where the salaries of teachers, officials, workers are not just , adding also the dysfunctional payment mechanism, where the state maintains economic commitments to the universities long overdue debts, which are not canceled and that makes the unions, demanding all the interest this generates, the lack of efficacy financing, but more unfortunate is when you decide to cancel their debts, where the money given is completely devalued.

This of course creates constant conflict, strikes, lack of motivation, which affects the functioning of universities. Hard to accept such irregularities, especially in a country that at present receives many currencies, oil product that generates masses monetary result of higher prices per barrel that has already passed the $ 140. Demonstrating poor management of state financial management and distribution in public spending that give preferences to the necessities of life, where education is one of them.

Add to this the need for the state through its educational institutions of control, such as CNU, which should be more attentive to constantly evaluate the quality of professionals, and research that are making national universities, both pre and graduate students who favor the country. Read the rest of this entry »