For promoting unapproved courses, failures in the self-assessment process, and other serious offenses, the government of Panama has now closed four universities.
Other tertiary education institutions in Panama have been punished with temporary suspensions.
Laestrella.com.pa reports that "The President of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli, signed Executive Order 1205 of December 4, 2012 to close [definitively] International University, located in El Cangrejo."
Costa Rican universities are rushing to complete infrastructure investments, in order to increase academic offers that are health-related.
An article in Elfinancierocr.com reviews the plans and work in progress at several universities, including the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH), which in early 2014 will unveil a new eight-story building and 10,000 square feet of construction dedicated to teaching health sciences.
The Karim's group is to build the first phase of a new campus for Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (Unitec), in an area adjacent to the towers of Altia Business Park in San Pedro Sula.
The first phase consists of five four-story buildings, an outdoor sports facilities, auditorium for 400 people, a recreation center and parking area for 640 cars, and is projected to be ready by the end of 2013.
State universities should be accountable for the money they spend and how this investment supports national productivity.
Protected by their academic autonomy, educational institutions at tertiary level in Costa Rica are slow and inflexible in adapting to the demands of the Costa Rican economy.
A study commissioned by Cinde and conducted by INCAE, entitled "Human Resource Development: The key to compete in attracting foreign direct investment," analyzes the availability in the present and until 2014, of talented human resources in the areas of services, life sciences and advanced manufacturing.
The new campus in the capital of Panama will require an investment of $70 million which comes from the private resources of the Laureate International Universities and from the World Bank.
The modernization of the Universidad Interamericana is one of the major projects of the Laureate International Universities network in the region, which the university belongs to.
The Universidad Latina and Universidad de Ciencias Médicas have announced investments of $ 20 million in the expansion of their facilities.
With an investment of $12 million, the Universidad Latina, will construct a building in Lourdes de Montes de Oca. In the new 10,000 square meter building on four levels there will be a simulation hospital area.
The Specialized University of the Americas has created a tender for the construction of a site in the City of David, Chiriqui Province.
The project is located in Vedado, Cabecera Township, District of David, Chiriqui, Panama.
The work involves the implementation of activities related to the complete construction of the building that will house the Specialized University of the Americas (UDELAS in Spanish) in David, Chiriqui, which involves: construction of foundations, structures, slabs, walls, floors, parking lots, storm sewers, water systems, sewer systems, perimeter fence, special detection systems and fire alarms, telephones, computers and closed circuit TV, ceiling, insulation, mechanical systems, electrical systems, end finishes as indicated in the Construction Documents.
Private and public institutions are expanding their facilities and opening new venues outside the capital city.
$8 million for a new building for the Ucimed, $980,000 for a new site for the UACA in Liberia and $130 million for an infrastructure plan for the University of Costa Rica are just some of the investments that are being planned by several colleges in Costa Rica.
The School of Business and Economics (ESEN in Spanish) is inviting young talented Salvadorans to form part of its student body.
In a ceremony held to mark a change of management, the new Director General, Everardo Rivera Bonilla, "... invited young bachelors to come to the college ' without fear or doubt, regardless of economic status, to register, sit exams and aspire to join the select group of students'.
The Specialized University of the Americas (UDELAS) has put out to tender the construction of an extension to the university in the city of David.
The work consists in carrying out activities related to the complete construction of the building that will house the Specialized University of the Americas (UDELAS) in David, Chiriqui, which involves: building foundations, structures, slabs, walls, floors, parking lots, storm sewers, water supply systems, sewerage systems, perimeter fence, special detection systems and fire alarm, telephones, computers and closed circuit TV, ceiling insulation, mechanical systems, electrical systems, finishings other items indicated in the specifications.
Enrollment in IT courses at the Technological University of Panama has grown by 26%.
The increase in the number of students in choosing careers in one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy is one of the first results from the implementation the National ICT Strategy, launched in 2008.
An article in Revistaitnow.com notes: "part of the strategy launched by the " ICT Start your life, " campaign targeted the student population to encourage them to pursue careers in technology and thus help stem the decline in enrolment, seeing that the country needs 25,000 professionals in the field. "
The president of the Panama's National Institute of Lawyers has criticized legal qualifications awarded after only two years of study.
While students at Panama's state university graduate after seven years, some private universities award degrees after only two. The concern is that these new legal professionals are not receiving adequate training.
Rubén Elías Rodríguez called for the body in charge of regulating academic qualifications to be more strict with these universities with the aim of controlling the quality of Panama's legal profession.
The maintenance and restoration work will take place at the Centro Regional Universitario de Colón (CRUC).
Works beginning in the coming months include restoration of fifteen different faculty buildings, the Manuel F. Zárate and Victoria Jiménez auditoriums and the pool, according to the Governor of Colon, Pedro Ríos.
"The restoration of the Victoria Jiménez auditorium will be executed through local government, with funding provided by the Colon Free Zone. The rest of the funds will come from the University of Panama," reported Prensa.com.