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Costa Rica

Verified higher education developments involving Costa Rica, with links to every original source. Part of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Costa Rica's student-life vice-rectors reject budget-cut motions against public universities

A commission of student-life vice-rectors from Costa Rica's five public universities has voiced deep concern and firm rejection of a 20 October committee decision on motions to cut public university budgets.

Students at Costa Rica's five public universities are the group the vice-rectors say could face consequences from the budget reduction motions.

Latin America and the CaribbeanRichard Davies