DR moves to attract more international students

[Dolores]

The Dominican Republic is steadily positioning itself as a leading academic hub in the Caribbean and Central America, with growing international interest in its higher education system. According to the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mescyt) Franklin García Fermín, the country is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for students, particularly in fields like medicine, engineering, and STEM disciplines.

Currently, around 600,000 students are enrolled in higher education across the country, with about 120,000 studying online. The Dominican Republic has 57 universities and multiple technical and specialized institutes catering to both local and international learners.

At a meeting hosted by Listín Diario, Minister García Fermín explained that this vision is already materializing through collaboration with key international bodies, such as the United...

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[Meemselle]

It's good to reach for a dream.

 

[windeguy]

It's good to reach for a dream.

Carefull Meems, some might call that a "negative " post...

 

[drstock]

The USA is doing its best to kick out students from other countries, and I understand that a lot of them are being welcomed in Canada. Maybe the DR should make an effort to attract these students.

 

[windeguy]

The USA is doing its best to kick out students from other countries, and I understand that a lot of them are being welcomed in Canada. Maybe the DR should make an effort to attract these students.

With all the English language courses they have in DR colleges?

Not likely to attract those students from Asia... Maybe they can get some Palestinians?

 

[DrNoob]

With all the English language courses they have in DR colleges?

Not likely to attract those students from Asia... Maybe they can get some Palestinians?

There are plenty of developing/underdeveloped countries to attract students from and you had to pick a group from a warzone ?
Which universities in the DR would be doing the attracting ? PUCMM ? O & M ?

 

[windeguy]

There are plenty of developing/underdeveloped countries to attract students from and you had to pick a group from a warzone ?
Which universities in the DR would be doing the attracting ? PUCMM ? O & M ?

Well, they will soon have no place at all to live. The DR did grant special dispensation to Jewish people back in WW2 to come into the DR because Trujillo wanted to lighten the race. Many ended up in Sosua. Why not the Palestinians whom no one seems to want? I was looking at motivation factors.

Perhaps the DR could attract students from Venezuela... They seem also to be having issues there and no language barrier for them.

 

[JD Jones]

Well, they will soon have no place at all to live. The DR did grant special dispensation to Jewish people back in WW2 to come into the DR because Trujillo wanted to lighten the race. Many ended up in Sosua. Why not the Palestinians whom no one seems to want? I was looking at motivation factors.

Perhaps the DR could attract students from Venezuela... They seem also to be having issues there and no language barrier for them.

Can we send the first Palestinians to your house?

 

[DrNoob]

Well, they will soon have no place at all to live. The DR did grant special dispensation to Jewish people back in WW2 to come into the DR because Trujillo wanted to lighten the race. Many ended up in Sosua. Why not the Palestinians whom no one seems to want? I was looking at motivation factors.

Perhaps the DR could attract students from Venezuela... They seem also to be having issues there and no language barrier for them.

I dont want this thread to go off-topic so I will stop on this tangent after giving a few reasons :
1. Money : DR should attract international students to earn more revenue for the educational institutions. Palestinians, in general, are not very rich
2. Religion : DR is a Christian nation and Palestinians are Muslims, arguably very fervent
3. Security : this is a controversial take but Palestinians tend to bring their problems with them. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September in Jordan to the recent headache with the Palestine Action group in the UK (I originally landed on this link from a Reddit post which started off which 'Why do you think the Arab nations are not willing to provide a place for the Palestinians in their own countries' and went down the rabbithole - PS : I am not taking sides here)
4. Language : Arguably going to take longer to get used to Spanish.

Venezuela or other Spanish-speaking South American countries would be fertile ground for marketing educational institutions in the DR. However, the US is also nearby with world-class educational institutions and has a large number of jobs to try for (legally of course) after graduation, so there has to be something very convincing to come to the DR for education.

 

[windeguy]

Can we send the first Palestinians to your house?

No, I much prefer they go to Santo Domingo and stay there.

BTW, I was making a joke since nobody in the world wants them. Going to schools or not.

The idea of attracting students to go to DR colleges and universities from other countries is of course the biggest joke in this thread.

 

[DrNoob]

Thank you, I thought you were serious as usual

 

[windeguy]

Thank you, I thought you were serious as usual

At the end of the day, the bottom line is the DR is as likely to attract Palestinians as it is to attract people that are from actual countries.
Good luck with that, I say. As I mentioned before, maybe Venezuela.

 

[AlterEgo]

There’s a club on the malecon in Santo Domingo called “Club Libanés-Sirio-Palestino”, so I presume there are Palestinians in DR. It’s been there forever.

 

[NanSanPedro]

There’s a club on the malecon in Santo Domingo called “Club Libanés-Sirio-Palestino”, so I presume there are Palestinians in DR. It’s been there forever.

I remember seeing that.