The story of Universidad del Mar contains some of the dangers and deformations of the educational model followed in Chile during the recent past. Founded in 1989 as a small regional institution based in Valparaiso, the UDM grew rapidly throughout the country, to achieve an enrollment of 17,000 students. A story of success. But in 2012 cracks of an awfull truth appeared on the surface: the uni viesity was a scam .Their owners had built a complex network of companies around the...
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The story of Universidad del Mar contains some of the dangers and deformations of the educational model followed in Chile during the recent past. Founded in 1989 as a small regional institution based in Valparaiso, the UDM grew rapidly throughout the country, to achieve an enrollment of 17,000 students. A story of success. But in 2012 cracks of an awfull truth appeared on the surface: the uni viesity was a scam .Their owners had built a complex network of companies around the institution that pumped out all the money from tuition. . Closed down by the authorities the UDM headquarters was seized by students. They have been living for a long time in the midst of growing decay trying to keep alive the struggle of those who believed they would find in the UDM a better future.
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