{"id":152120,"date":"2021-01-12T06:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=152120"},"modified":"2021-01-12T10:45:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T14:45:54","slug":"phd-programs-and-research-are-tickets-to-get-into-international-university-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/phd-programs-and-research-are-tickets-to-get-into-international-university-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Phd programs and research are tickets to get into international university rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Franklyn-Garcia-Fermin-Hoy-e1597677313683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126017\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting Dominican universities into international educational rankings is a priority of the Higher Education Minister Franklin Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn. Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn is a former rector of the state UASD university. In an interview with El Dia, he said the new administration is backing the university research programs sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education. The programs began in the past administration. The Ministry is backing 250 research programs under higher education centers nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn said most of the scientific research is carried out at the state UASD university, and the privately owned Madre y Maestra Catholic University (PUCMM), the Technology Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) and the Pedro Henr\u00edquez Ure\u00f1a National University (UNPHU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget for these from RD$222 million in 2020 was raised to RD$338 million for 2021 by the new administration. The goal is to get Dominican Republic universities into the ranking of the 300 best universities around the world. Ferm\u00edn Garc\u00eda explains that university research is fundamental to make the ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry is also backing efforts so that more university professors have doctorates. At present, he estimated that only 5% of university professors have doctoral degrees. He mentioned several international universities have reached agreements with local universities for postgraduate programs. To improve the country\u2019s ranking, it is essential the country has more professors with doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interview with El D\u00eda, Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn also spoke of how all universities have made the leap to distance learning. He said two universities already had important distance learning programs \u2013 Universidad Abierta para Adultos (UAPA) and the Universidad del Caribe (Unicaribe). The Higher Education Minister explained that these experiences and the existing platforms helped other universities to create their own for the 2020-2021 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new minister said that the government prioritizes university programs in cattle ranching, commercial agriculture nurseries, and English, French and Portuguese language immersion programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Higher Education has a budget of RD$15 billion for 2021. invests RD$1.7 billion scholarships abroad and RD$800 million for local scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/mescyt-impulsa-investigacion-a-fin-elevar-calidad-de-universidades\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 January 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Dominican universities into international educational rankings is a priority of the Higher Education Minister Franklin Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn. Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn is a former rector of the state UASD university. In an interview with El Dia, he said the new administration is backing the university research programs sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education. The programs &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/12\/phd-programs-and-research-are-tickets-to-get-into-international-university-rankings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152147,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152120\/revisions\/152147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}