A bill put forward by the Ministry of Education proposes overseeing the quality of subjects taught by private institutions and forcing them to revise their curricula every five years.
From a statement issued by the presidency of Costa Rica:
Government proposes amendments to law regulating private higher education
· MEP urges changes to increase the quality of education and improve administrative processes by the CONESUP
Most Costa Ricans think it is better to make a living as a freelancer or as a government official.
In Costa Rica only two out of ten people plan to be entrepreneurs in the next two years.
This was revealed by a survey on entrepreneurship by Unimer, in which 1,200 adults were consulted. The main motivation given by the respondents was the increase in revenue and personal improvement.
While in the rest of the world the standard is close connections between the private sector and academia, the region is still holding on to old ideological myths, which negatively affect development.
On inaugurating in El Salvador the II National Congress of Higher Education entitled "Linking Higher Education to the Workplace", the Minister of Education, Franzi Hato Hasbun, noted the need to "carry out a process of connection between company and university , encouraging three fundamental aspects: research, innovation and overcoming social projections. "
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.
Funding for the $400 million that will cost to increase to four lanes 106 kilometers o road will be provided by the Chinese government itself, via a 20-year loan.
A press release from the Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica reads:
Government achieves favorable financing conditions for improvements to road to Limon
Funding will be of about $400 million, with a 20-year term and an interest rate of 3.5%.
We can be better leaders if we understand that unconsciously, as humans we will always seek to increase our status in society.
This need has existed since prehistoric times. According to researcher David Rock, from the time that humans started living together in groups, increasing their status has been as important as getting food.
Modern research has identified a chemical relationship between increases or decreases in status and our neuronal network. When status increases, so do the levels of neurotransmitters associated with pleasure and positive emotions, and stress-related ones are reduced, augmenting our feeling of security and strength.
Far too often we dismiss Machiavelli’s legacy because we associate it with the idea of reaching power at any cost.
We feel we live in a society where competition is not so evident or brutal as in Machiavelli’s times. However, under the disguise of today’s good manners and civility, there’s a strong, and growing trend of competition and rivalry. As business become more global, competition becomes harder and fiercer, and we must deal with many dangers and challenges, developing a state of mind and strategies to succeed in a hostile environment.
"All human interaction involves negotiation, from children to relationships, from work to travel, from politics to diplomacy."
Stuart Diamond, of the Wharton School of Negotiation, explains that although negotiation processes are always present, almost everyone does not negotiate properly and we tend to create conflict rather than solve problems.
The professor shared with Bnet.com the best possible strategies to get what you want:
Better management practices allow taking advantage of opportunities, some of which are lost due to the everyday workload and emergencies to attend.
When we hear ourselves say "I did not have time for lunch" or "I still have 30 emails to answer," we must stop and analyze what we are doing wrong; surely we are transmitting to the company that aching feeling of continuous pressure which weakens the ability to think.
Business schools in the United States developed the Engineering Management Master (MEM), a program which combines training in business engineering.
Cornell, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Duke and Stanford, five prestigious U.S. universities, are the promoters of this new master, explained Jeffrey Glass, program director at Duke: "The key is that we insert engineers in the business world.
The successful career of a manager goes through 5 stages. Check not to be anchored in one of them, it can prevent career success.
Maturity as a human being begins with childhood, then as teenager, youth, and finally adulthood is reached. Many people get stuck in one of these stages; those people can be described as immature.
The same applies to the managerial career, which necessarily passes through 5 stages of professional growth.
Three tips to avoid the "poison of the penis" while in power and ruin your career.
In the classic novel "Portnoy's Complaint”, Phillip Roth writes, " When the penis goes up, the brain is buried in the ground” explaining the behavior of many powerful men.
The list of sex scandals is long, and likely to spread. The "Poison of the penis" is very powerful and has serious implications on personal, family, and of course, institutional matters.
Perfectionism can be a problem which could affect us and those around us, by losing global perspective as we tend to focus more and more on details.
In an article in Bnet.com, Penelope Trunk states perfection is not attainable and there is a risk of going crazy trying to achieve the ephemeral goal. According to her, it is better to accept that it's okay to make mediocre work in a certain percentage of our job.