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“External Shame” and “Myopic Look”: Candidates for Rector of U. De Chile Criticize Kast’s Remarks on University Financing

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In the framework of a debate organized by La Tercera, the deans Pablo Ruiz-Tagle and Francisco Martínez faced the president's statements where he pointed to the need to audit the results of the resources allocated to universities and study centers, associating them with their relationship with the generation of jobs.

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In the framework of a debate organized by La Tercera, the deans Pablo Ruiz-Tagle and Francisco Martínez faced the president's statements where he pointed to the need to audit the results of the resources allocated to universities and study centers, associating them with their relationship with the generation of jobs.

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Scientific divulgator Sebastián Molina again used his social networks to answer what for him is a mistake by President José Antonio Kast, after installing the debate on the use of public resources for funding in universities and scientific research. “Sometimes 100 million, 500 million, for an investigation that ends in a beautiful book, tied, in the library. How many jobs did it generate? None,” said the Republican president. Lee also...

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President José Antonio Kast Rist provoked a debate on the use of public resources, this time focusing on state funds aimed at universities, research centers and academic projects, reports T13. On a new day of the President Present program, conducted during his visit to Puerto Montt this Wednesday, the President questioned the concrete economic impact of publicly funded research and raised the need to review its results.

From Puerto Montt, the governor proposed to audit the state resources allocated to educational centers, noting that "it can be a great study, but it did not translate into anything, in concrete work for people."

The President of the Republic, José Antonio Kast, proposed to review the money given to educational centers, such as universities. The approach did so within the framework of the citizen meeting “Present President”, held in Puerto Montt, in the Region of Los Lagos. The activity counted on the participation of more than 800 neighbors, who had the opportunity to ask questions to the Head of State. This was how Kast alluded to the topic of good use…

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CNN Chile broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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