Democrats Abroad Costa Rica - Monthly Meeting - August 2013

Democrats Abroad Costa Rica's 

Monthly Meeting

  

Dr. Silvia Castro 

will speak on 

"Educational Challenges in Costa Rica".

Saturday, August 31st - 9:30am to noon

Holiday Inn in downtown San José, 3rd floor.  

Contribution

5,000 colones for coffee break and meeting room

Reservations required 

Email - bruynn@yahoo.com 

OR

Nelleke at 2-279-3553

Facebook (set up by Larry Thwing)

facebook.com/pages/Democrats-Abroad-Costa-Rica/173779922776859

Democrats Abroad's LinkedIn page:    

linkedin.com/groups/Democrats-Abroad-Costa-Rica-4294861?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

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From Dr. Silvia Castro: 

I will be talking about all levels of education, public and private. How about an introduction to the talk like this?  "100% of Costa Rican children attend primary school, but only 10% end up graduating from college.  Learn what happens to generations of children down the educational pipeline as a consequence of faulty public policies that perpetuate inequality and poverty."  

Silvia Castro is President and Provost of the Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT), a private university in San José, Costa Rica. She obtained her doctorate in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in Education from Harvard University.  She also graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in the field of International Politics, Law, and Organization.  Ms. Castro is certified in Design of Interactive Multimedia for Instruction from Columbia University and in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University.  She is a columnist for Periódico La República.  She also chairs the International Education Task Force at AMCHAM and is an active member of the CPC (Consejo de Promoción de la Competividad) and the AED (Asociación Empresarial para el Desarrollo).  She has been teaching at the university level for over 18 years and has served as an international consultant for organizations such as the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and LASPAU-Harvard. Her interests include metalsmithing and photography.

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