Rector quites in degree scandal
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Carlos Dalfaro, rector of the National University of Formosa, has resigned following the discovery that the university had awarded hundreds of degrees to students in Spain through an unauthorised distance learning programme. Dalfaro, as well as Hector Quijano, dean of the university's faculty of administration, resigned prior to a meeting of the university's governing body at which they were due to be removed from their posts.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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Sit-ins delay rector vote
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The University of Buenos Aires is close to breaking point after five attempts to elect a new rector have failed due to student sit-ins. The university has operated without a rector since May and Anibal Franco, vice-rector, has been able to authorise only 150 of the 2000 university regularions which require approval.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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Here, it is an honour to work for nothing
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The teachers in Argentina are forced to work without getting paid for a period of around 4 years before they secure a salaried job due to the rising financial constraints on the staff budget.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2007
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