Dominican universities are celebrating their graduation ceremonies this week, and the statistics show that women are not
only making up the majority of students and graduates these days, they are also achieving the highest results. The
country’s main university, the State-run Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) celebrated its largest-ever
graduation, with 2,106 newly-graduated professionals. Eleven students graduated Magna Cum Laude and 114 Cum Laude. Of
these, 81 were women. Listin Diario’s main editorial congratulates the UASD, which is the descendant of the first
university in the Americas, on its 465th birthday. The PUCMM University in Santiago has awarded prizes to its 13
outstanding medical and nursing students, 12 of whom are women.