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“Being leaders has a price”: UPR still needs to find $7 million to pay for accreditations

The general budget certified by the Fiscal Oversight Board does not contain a line item to invest the just over $14 million needed, so the institution reallocated $7 million from its infrastructure and maintenance budget to cover some of the costs

October 15, 2024 - 1:48 PM

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The University of Puerto Rico has 258 accreditations, both in its academic programs and for entities such as the Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of Río Piedras and the laboratory schools (UPR Elementary School and UHS) of the Río Piedras campus. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)

By Keila López Alicea

Periodista de Noticiaskeila.lopez@gfrmedia.com

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) needs to identify nearly $7 million more to pay for the accreditations of its 11 campuses this fiscal year, after the budget certified by the Fiscal Oversight Board (FOMB) did not allocate an item to cover those costs, warned the president of the academic institution, Luis A. Ferrao Delgado.