INACAP was the greatest tertiary education institute in Chile, and with pupils with little more than 54,000 coverage throughout the state. Since 1966 the organization had distributed technical and professional foundation for work through its technical training center (TTC) and its vocational facility (VC). In 2007, given the growing competition of many new private TTCs, VCs and universities offering instruction for work, INACAP decided to diversify its technical program blend and become an university: Universidad Tecnológica de Chile. The determination entailed venturing into the provision of university education, an area where INACAP had no previous expertise. One of its competitors was the DUOC, with a longstanding presence in the market. It offered high quality technical and professional instruction under the wing of one of the most prestigious universities in the marketplace, Universidad Católica (UC).
This intended that, even if its program did not compute up to those of INACAP, grads from Santo Tomás possessed an university degree, a valued asset, in a country that overrated academic degrees. In this scenario, when INACAP's leaders saw the chance of buying Universidad Vicente Pérez Rosales, they made a decision to go ahead and purchase it. On the other hand, the conclusion entailed changing the tactical location of INACAP.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 01, 2009 PRODUCT #: SKS118-PDF-SPA
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