Confederation of Chilean Students
The Confederation of Chilean Students (Spanish: Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile, CONFECH) is a student organization in Chile that congregates the student federations of universities in Chile.
It was established on October 23, 1984, in Valparaiso.[1] In 2012, CONFECH called for a march on the streets of Santiago in response to a government commissions that seven Chilean universities had been pocketing profits; over 100,000 Chilean students participated in the march.[2] CONFECH also organized student demonstrations against proposed government higher education reforms.[3]
Former CONFECH leader Gabriel Boric became president of Chile in 2022.[4]
Structure
[edit]The CONFECH brings together students from the universities in Chile, which are organized in democratically elected federations. It is the only student organization with a national character and it has been in existence for over ten years.
Member federations
[edit]The independent federations that form part of CONFECH include:
State universities
[edit]- Feut (Universidad de Tarapacá)
- Fedeunap (Universidad Arturo Prat)
- Feua (Universidad de Antofagasta)
- Feuda (Universidad de Atacama)
- Feuls (Universidad de La Serena)
- Feuv (Universidad de Valparaíso)
- Feupla (Universidad de Playa Ancha)
- FECH (Universidad de Chile)
- Feusach (Universidad de Santiago de Chile)
- Fep (Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación)
- Feutem (Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana)
- Fedeut (Universidad de Talca)
- Feubb (Universidad del Bío-Bío)
- Feufro (Universidad de La Frontera)
- Feula (Universidad de Los Lagos)
- Feum (Universidad de Magallanes)
Private universities
[edit]- Feucn (Universidad Católica del Norte)
- Fepucv (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)
- Feutfsm (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María)
- Feuc (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
- Feucen (Universidad Central de Chile)
- Feucm (Universidad Católica del Maule)
- Fec (Universidad de Concepción)
- Feucsc (Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción)
- Feuach (Universidad Austral de Chile)
- Feudd (Universidad del Desarrollo)
- Feuah (Universidad Alberto Hurtado)
Indigenous
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Carr, Paul R.; Hoechsmann, Michael; Thésée, Gina (2018-07-17). Democracy 2.0: Media, Political Literacy and Critical Engagement. BRILL. p. 169. ISBN 978-94-6351-230-5.
- ↑ Chertoff, Emily (2012-07-02). "Free Tuition and Free Speech: A Guide to Chile's Student Protest Movement". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ↑ "Police use excessive force against Chilean student protests". Civicus Monitor. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
- ↑ "Former student leader inaugurated as Chile's president". University World News. Retrieved 2025-01-16.