The Vice President of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Ubaldo Córdova Figueroa, he lamented today, Wednesday, that isolated representatives of the university board left a meeting they had planned with the president of the institution, Jorge Haddock.
Likewise, Córdova Figueroa justified that the UPR Board of Directors awarded Haddock a position as a professor as part of the agreement reached when he took office as president in 2018.
“We regret that some members of the Executive Board have not taken advantage of such an important event to bring their knowledge and valuable input to the benefit of teachers,” said the academic.
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“This event was rescheduled at their request. Our goal is to further develop these activities with the aim of strengthening and improving the university in the short and long term through a transformation process of institutional culture,” he added.
This morning, some isolated representatives of the University Board left a meeting they had arranged with the chair of the UPR. As indicated by one of those present Puerto Rico MetroThis took the form of protest that the Governing Board agreed to grant Haddock a position as professor.
According to Jorge Colón, the isolated representative of the Río Piedras campus, this concession is illegal and illegal.
The board of directors of the UPR has explained that, according to the powers conferred by law, as part of the appointment of the President, Dr. Jorge Haddock, in 2018, the assignment of a teaching position to the UPR was included, for which meeting certain requirements and results was required for a period of two years, ”justified Cordova Figueroa.
In turn, the vice president assured that these types of agreements are not uncommon and common in university institutions around the world.