Historia de la Universidad Distrital: capítulo: la fundación (1948-1950)

• Main Author: Carlos Arturo Reina Rodríguez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas 2013-07-01
• Series: Revista Científica
• Subjects: history of Bogota; industrial schools; University District; higher education.
• Online Access: http://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/ojs/index.php/revcie/article/view/4566/6305

he University District “Francisco José de Caldas”, has over 60 years of existence. Its foundation is the result of a historical process experience accumulated by the School of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Schools in the country, created in the nineteenth century. The need to train the poor who could not access higher education, was one of the reasons for its existence. In the constitution of Bogota Municipal College in 1948, she stood out as Antonio Garcia Nossa characters, Gabriel Anzola or Jorge Eliezer Gaitan. By 1850, the August 6 and under the guidance of the priest Daniel Cayzedo was founded Bogota City University “Francisco José de Caldas”. This research aims to provide new standards for the construction of a history of the University District and to inform the history of Higher Education in Colombia