APRU Open Dialogues 2nd Cohort
Led by Tecnológico de Monterrey, the APRU Open Dialogues program aims to develop a collaborative model for promoting sustained dialogues among the consortium universities, to create empathy and awareness on current shared topics, as well as develop leadership skills.
After the successful completion of the APRU Open Dialogues Pilot in 2023, Tecnológico de Monterrey and APRU are please to announce the continuation of the program and kickstart the first Open Dialogues program developed in English coming on the Spring 2024.
Program characteristics:
- Tecnológico de Monterrey will be in charge of organizing and leading this workshop, and APRU will provide support along the way.
- The target group for this cohort will be undergraduate students from all disciplines.
- The program will provide innovative international educational experiences for the APRU student community through educational and digital tools.
- The program will provide a broader view of the Pacific Rim common challenges, increasing students’ understandings of shared needs, perspectives and cultures.
Theme:
What is the right to Higher Education?
“The right to higher education is part of the fundamental right to education, protected in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to higher education incorporates both access (who can participate in higher education, how access can be equitable, etc.) and success: the support provided to students so that they can fully participate in and benefit from higher education.”
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Participants
We invite each participating university to nominate up to 10 undergraduate students to be part of the program.
Expected outcomes
- Create an immediate and lasting impact on student communities.
- Connect students and their communities across borders to share their cultures and identities.
- Raise awareness of diversity and inclusion issues.
- Collect logistics information and insights to assess the pertinence of building a larger-scale Open Dialogues consortium program.