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**inve.tment** · 06-12-2006, 07:00 AM

I should of stated what was wrong or needs adjustments.
1. From what I have researched and read [DR1 Forums], DR institutions are looked upon as a joke/weak compared to American schools.
2. Two universities [maybe more] have been banned and fined by the US Department of Education for receiving Financial Aid they did not need; stealing money.
3. Even though as you stated Universities are big and have various campuses throughout the country, they are not offering many choices in majors/minors, most have the same degrees.
4. I do not know how university libraries are? The number of volumes each contain.
5. I have read that Dominican officials would like to remove some institutions due to their poor preparedness of their alumni. Which has made me think, do some of these institutions really need to be operating.
6. Who monitors these institutions, are they doing a good job and how many of them are non-profit organizations as most Universities in the US are?

On other subjects involving Education:
I also have a strong belief that it all starts with primary education and the DR is way behind compared to other countries in similar ecomonic conditions. The DR has a very high dropout rate in Elementary schools and every poor schools in rural areas. The poor do not have access, unfortunately, that's why I asked can the DR survive another 100 years?

I found a old DR1 news from December 11, 1998 and it states "The study showed that 25% of children who enroll in primary schools will drop out by the fifth grade. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic have the highest school drop-out rates, registering more than 40 percent."

I think that the DR government or private school should either add more courses to fit the modern world or create more colleges. I mean in the US we have alot of colleges community/public/private you name it we have it. Also are there any community colleges in DR?
But this is about Higher Education and I would like to know what is the current state of collegian sports?

OVERALL: I'm shocked at the state of the current system

06-12-2006, 07:00 AM	#11
inve.tment Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	I should of stated what was wrong or needs adjustments. 1. From what I have researched and read [DR1 Forums], DR institutions are looked upon as a joke/weak compared to American schools. 2. Two universities [maybe more] have been banned and fined by the US Department of Education for receiving Financial Aid they did not need; stealing money. 3. Even though as you stated Universities are big and have various campuses throughout the country, they are not offering many choices in majors/minors, most have the same degrees. 4. I do not know how university libraries are? The number of volumes each contain. 5. I have read that Dominican officials would like to remove some institutions due to their poor preparedness of their alumni. Which has made me think, do some of these institutions really need to be operating. 6. Who monitors these institutions, are they doing a good job and how many of them are non-profit organizations as most Universities in the US are? On other subjects involving Education: I also have a strong belief that it all starts with primary education and the DR is way behind compared to other countries in similar ecomonic conditions. The DR has a very high dropout rate in Elementary schools and every poor schools in rural areas. The poor do not have access, unfortunately, that's why I asked can the DR survive another 100 years? I found a old DR1 news from December 11, 1998 and it states "The study showed that 25% of children who enroll in primary schools will drop out by the fifth grade. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic have the highest school drop-out rates, registering more than 40 percent." I think that the DR government or private school should either add more courses to fit the modern world or create more colleges. I mean in the US we have alot of colleges community/public/private you name it we have it. Also are there any community colleges in DR? But this is about Higher Education and I would like to know what is the current state of collegian sports? OVERALL: I'm shocked at the state of the current system
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