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The Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education ( ) is | The ''Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education'' (Spanish:'''Consejo de Educación Superior'''; '''CHE-PR''') is an agency of the government of [[Puerto Rico]] in charge of coordinating all efforts related to higher education in Puerto Rico. It was created by means of Law Number 17 of June 16, 1993. | ||
The functions of the council are: | |||
(sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Higher_Education_of_Puerto_Rico) | |||
* authorizing and monitoring the operation of new institutions of higher education (accreditation) | |||
* periodically review the already existing institutions (review) | |||
* authorizing new academic offerings (validation) | |||
* distributing financial aid funds to students (financial support) | |||
* compiling data and statistics related to higher education | |||
* establishing the public policy of Puerto Rico regarding higher education | |||
It has as an agency the [[Center for Studies and Documentation on Puerto Rican Higher | Its web site is at http://www.ces.gobierno.pr | ||
Education]], which commissions research into issues in higher education of relevance to Puerto Rico. | |||
It publishes a directory of higher education institutions, public and private, at http://www.gobierno.pr/NR/rdonlyres/0BF4C446-8C55-44DB-9295-8D04016F3CB3/0/DirectorioInstituciones2009_10.pdf | |||
== Agencies == | |||
It has as an agency the [[Center for Studies and Documentation on Puerto Rican Higher Education]], which commissions research into issues in higher education of relevance to [[Puerto Rico]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:36, 27 August 2009
The Puerto Rico Council on Higher Education (Spanish:Consejo de Educación Superior; CHE-PR) is an agency of the government of Puerto Rico in charge of coordinating all efforts related to higher education in Puerto Rico. It was created by means of Law Number 17 of June 16, 1993.
The functions of the council are: (sourced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Higher_Education_of_Puerto_Rico)
- authorizing and monitoring the operation of new institutions of higher education (accreditation)
- periodically review the already existing institutions (review)
- authorizing new academic offerings (validation)
- distributing financial aid funds to students (financial support)
- compiling data and statistics related to higher education
- establishing the public policy of Puerto Rico regarding higher education
Its web site is at http://www.ces.gobierno.pr
It publishes a directory of higher education institutions, public and private, at http://www.gobierno.pr/NR/rdonlyres/0BF4C446-8C55-44DB-9295-8D04016F3CB3/0/DirectorioInstituciones2009_10.pdf
Agencies
It has as an agency the Center for Studies and Documentation on Puerto Rican Higher Education, which commissions research into issues in higher education of relevance to Puerto Rico.
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