{"id":468,"date":"2016-06-18T14:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T14:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/?p=468"},"modified":"2016-06-19T03:34:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T03:34:57","slug":"my-ecuador-higher-educationk-12-leadership-study-abroad-trip-wednesday-june-8th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"My Ecuador Higher Education\/K-12 Leadership Study Abroad Trip: Wednesday June 8th, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The plan for this day was to visit and attend a series of presentations at the, &#8220;Universidad San Francisco de Quito&#8221; from 9:30 pm\u00a0until 4:00 pm. This university&#8217;s webpage is located here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfq.edu.ec\/\">http:\/\/www.usfq.edu.ec\/<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Students who attend this university are commuters who usually live with host families in the area. It was founded in 1988 by a group of local scholars who wanted to establish the first self-funded liberal arts oriented private university in Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short video that explains the basics of this university. I have embedded\u00a0the video directly from the university&#8217;s Facebook page located here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USFQEcuador\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USFQEcuador<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSFQEcuador%2Fvideos%2F10154338892314369%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=400\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Currently the university is divided into two\u00a0campuses. The main one is located located in the Cumbay\u00e1 area of Quito, the second campus is located in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands.\u00a0Here is a small video of the Cumbay\u00e1 campus that my study group visited. You will notice that it\u00a0is very picturesque place.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4C7uYMbHUU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The university is divided in ten colleges, here is the picture showing\u00a0the names of each\u00a0college and the undergraduate as well as post graduate professional\u00a0subject area degrees that each one college offers. International as well as students in Ecuador are welcome to apply for admission to any of these programs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-646 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten-576x1024.png\" alt=\"ten\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/ten-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the university is the only one in the world that has a campus located on the\u00a0<span class=\"st\">Gal\u00e1pagos Islands.\u00a0These islands\u00a0make up\u00a0one of the 24\u00a0provinces in Ecuador. The islands consists of a volcanic archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, this location is an ideal place for students who wish to study Evolution, Marine Wildlife, Ecology, and Diverse Ecosystems. Here is a picture of the classes\u00a0offered on this campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-645 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA-1024x898.png\" alt=\"GALA\" width=\"634\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA-1024x898.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA-768x673.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GALA-816x715.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the university also offers a few masters degrees, some professional certificates and one PhD degree. Here is a list of these programs sorted by the colleges that offer them in alphabetical order.<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Biological and Environmental Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Master of Ecology<br \/>\nMaster of Microbiology<br \/>\nPhD in Microbiology<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>College of Business and Economics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Master of Business Administration (MBA)<br \/>\nMaster of Banking and Finance<br \/>\nMaster of Marketing and Sales<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professional Certificates in:<\/p>\n<p>Orthodontics<br \/>\nPeriodontics<br \/>\nHealth Management<br \/>\nOrthopedic and Traumatology<br \/>\nRadiology and Imagining<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Master of Administrative Law<br \/>\nMaster of Business Law<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>College of Science and Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Master of Applied Mathematics<br \/>\nMaster of NanoElectronics<br \/>\nMaster of Management of Construction and Real State Business<\/p>\n<p><strong>College of Social Science and Humanities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Master of Education<\/p>\n<p>Midway though the series of lectures that we attended, we did have time to eat lunch at the college cafeteria. Here is a picture of the menu. I found the food to be unusually good\u00a0considering that it was cafeteria style food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu-169x300.png\" alt=\"menu\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/menu-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the lectures given by faculty\/staff at the university,\u00a0approximately\u00a090 percent of the current faculty have doctoral degrees and have studied and\/or worked outside of Ecuador. This is highly unusual for Ecuador as most university faculty usually have masters degrees and very few higher education institutions in Ecuador offer doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this university is one of the three universities and the only private university in Ecuador awarded a &#8220;A&#8221; ranking accreditation status, which as\u00a0I\u00a0wrote about earlier in these series of posts, is governed \u00a0through the, &#8220;Consejo de Evaluacion Acreditacion y Aseguramemiento de la Calidad de la Education Superior (CEASES). Also, as I previously stated, this ranking is \u00a0highest accreditation status\u00a0that a Ecuadorian university can receive.<\/p>\n<p>We departed the university shortly after 4:00 pm and headed back home to our bed\/breakfast location. Later on we went out to dinner at a local restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the front cover of the menu at the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-658 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Rest\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Rest-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a picture of the meal I ordered. It was delicious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-659 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner-576x1024.png\" alt=\"Dinner\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner-768x1365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nycrican.soy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Dinner-562x999.png 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We headed back to our lodging and called it a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plan for this day was to visit and attend a series of presentations at the, &#8220;Universidad San Francisco de Quito&#8221; from 9:30 pm\u00a0until 4:00 pm. 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