UNIVERSIDAD HISPANA DE UTAH

441 EAST 3900 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84107

(801) 633 8546 ------------(801) 501 9349
adehoyos921@gmail.com
www.universidadhispana.com.mx
Arturo De Hoyos Ph.D.
President
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AN INFORMAL NOTE ABOUT UNIVERSIDAD HISPANA

Universidad Hispana, a private, secular school, was registered as an educational

institution, a four-year college, in Utah in 2002. Its first headquarters
were in Provo, Utah. Recently, the main campus was moved to Salt Lake City.

Universidad Hispana now has:

FOUR Campuses in U.S.A..
NINE campuses in Mexico,
TEN in CentroAmerica
SIX in Bolivia ,
THREE in Peru.
ONE in Venezuela
ONE in Ecuador

Presently,
TWO more campuses are being organized in the United States
FOUR more in Mexico and
SEVERAL more in South America.

We are able to open a campus wherever we know that there might be a number of
Hispanic students who have the equivalent to a High School education and want
college.
The plan is to organize many small campuses. THE IDEA IS TO TAKE THE
UNIVERSITY TO THE STUDENT; NOT THE STUDENT TO THE UNIVERSITY.
We hire local professors. We rent facilities and provide computers and all needed
equipment to provide a first class college education.

Most of the 450 million people in Latin America, and most of the 47 million Hispanics
in the United States can not afford to send their children away to college. By attending
evening classes at Universidad Hispana, in small University Centers, which are close to
their homes, they can get a college education and even keep a full-time job which
most of them need in order to. Clases are also available on line.

From 1994 to 2002, previous to organizing Universidad Hispana in Provo,

Dr.Arturo De Hoyos, the founder and president, organized in Mexico several
Preparatorias Abiertas , ( Night H S ) , and graduated over 3000 students.

Dr Arturo De Hoyos taught at BYU for 26 years. He retired from BYU as a full
 professor of Sociology in 1990. Before BYU, he taught at Indiana University for 9
years and at DePaw University for 4 years. His PH is from Michigan State University.

Universidad Hispana started with a faculty of four retired BYU professors, one from
Stanford University, one from the university of Wisconsin and three Latin
American professors, all bilingual and all Ph. Ds. At the present time, Universidad
Hispana has a total faculty of 78 professors. All professors teach part-time. Most
of them have their full-time employment at local universities, or work as private local
professionals in the cities where the Centers of Universidad Hispana are located.

Universidad Hispana uses a combined system of DISTANT and ON SITE TEACHING.

All students are registred, at a distance, in Utah, but study where they live, at the
local Study Centers, with local professors. When they complete the requirements, as
stated. in the university catalog, they receive an American diploma from Utah, In Latin
America, they also receive THE APOSTILLE stamped by the office of the
governor of Utah, which, according to La Haye convention of 5 October, 1961,
grants validity to international documents.

In 2005 the system was taken to Mexico and Latin America.

Universidad Hispana has been granted the highest academic
accreditation in Mexico. And because of that recognition by the
Educational Authorities of Mexico, Universidad Hispana can also
grant Mexican Degrees, at a Distance, through its university
Centers in Mexico (Example: Centro Universitario Benito Juarez,
in Tijuana, Mexico)

The University of Texas, the University of UTAH, ( in US ) and the University of

Guadalajara, and the University of Chihuahua ( in Mexico) and other schools, have
accepted our graduates and a number of them are now getting Master’s Degrees.
Several of our graduates, who are getting Master’s Degrees at the Instituto
Tecnologico de Monterrey, one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico,
were granted discounts and scholarships.

Universidad Hispana offers a regular two and four year curriculum. It also offers a
special program for students with TRUNCATED STUDIES. But a requirement from
every student, for the first three semesters, is to take a full load of classes of intensive
English and Computer Science.

There are 47 million Hispanics in the United Sates. About two million of them are
teachers, lawyers, nurses, physicians and other types of professionals who, since they
cannot practice in the U. S., they are washing windows and cleaning floors. There is
another million of them with TRUNCATED STUDIES, that is, they did not finish
their university education in their respective countries. Now, here in the U.S,
for several reasons, for example, lack of fluency in the English language, they cannot
be admitted by any university in the U.S. to finish their degrees. UNIVERSIDAD
HISPANA, WITH BILINGUAL TEACHERS, A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE AND
LOWER TUITION, OFFERS THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THEIR
EDUCATION. As part of the criteria for admission to this program the student must
have completed, in his/her country, three or more years of college classes,
plus eight or more years of work experience.

A large number of these individuals with truncated university studies work at their
profession but with a lower salary and without hope of promotion. If they want to go
back to school to finish their career, they are expected to start the career all over
again. Universidad Hispana considers every one of these cases individually, evaluates
their academic and their employment record, establishes the relevant academic
requirements, REQUIRES THREE FULL SEMESTERS OF ENGLISH, or
evidence of its command, and grants a degree to those who qualify.

Universidad Hispana acknowledges that it does not have all the answers to the
tremendous need for education among the millions of Hispanics in the United States
who have truncated UNIVERSITY studies. But nobody else seems to be doing
anything about the problem. There is an enormous waste of human talent.
And the personal frustration of many potential professionals is a sad
commentary on our modern society.

Now, as we have found out, the program for students with TRUNCATED STUDIES
is also in great demand in Latin America. There are thousands of students there who
ALMOST finished their professional career but never got their degree:

_They got married, left school for some time, and were never able to go back, or
_They moved away and other universities would not validate their academic credits, or
_They simply run out of money and could not continue, or
_They were expected to pay a large sum of money to graduate.
_Many of these students are “pasantes”, ( they finished all the course work
but did not present the final thesis)
_Etc.
Universidad Hispana was organized to serve the needs of these frustrated , middle
class, college material individuals

Now, in all our small Centers, established in simple, but adequate, rented
facilities, our professors have the highest academic credentials. We select only
those who have years of teaching experience and who show dedication to the
cause. Nowhere in Latin America have we had problems finding capable and
dedicated professors.

Of course, we do not think we have a perfect educational system. Those who demand
perfection seldom take the first step in any enterprise. We welcome anyone who can
help and want to become part of the solution, not part of the problem. We know there
is room for improvement in our program.We simply want to educate any hispanic who
wants a college education. The student does no have to travel abroad, does not have
lo leave his job and may live at home while he gets an education.

SOME OF OUR GRADUATES

If someone should want to know about the fruits of U.H. they might want to get in
touch with any, or all, of the following graduates. We can furnish the names of 30, 50
or many more persons who will tell of their successes as graduates of Universidad
Hispana.

Orem,Utah. Cesar Villarroel.

Cesar@temkininternational.
com

Chihuahua, Mexico. Luis Manuel Medel.

luismanuelmedel@gmail.
com

Tijuana, Mexico. Arturo Galindo.

soporte@universidadhispana.
com.mx
Arturo Ochoa, Spanish Fork, Utah.
arsud@hotmail.
com

Guadalajara, Mexico. Noe Villalobos.

noehlj@gmail.
com
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Deborah Gonzales.
deborah_gonzales2002@yahoo.
com
Orem, Utah. Juan M. Ruiz.
Juan@rapidwave.
 net

Cd. Juarez, Mexico. Hector Rojas.

hectorojas5@hotmail.
com

All these students, and hundreds more graduates of Universidad Hispana,

have now a professional job.

Universidad Hispana is an innovation in education. Some of the traditional

systems of higher education in Latin America have failed to serve the many
thousands who:

Want professional training,

Have the academic credentials to aspire to it,
Are the population cohort which would produce social change.
( the rich are seldom interested in social change)
Are being wasted as a potential human resource.

Why is this an INNOVATION in higher education? In part because:

It organizes small educational Centers wherever there are 80-100 hispanic

students who have the academic preparation to profit from higher
education.
It employs only bilingual professors
It has flexible schedules
It accepts and registers all students AT A DISTANCE in Utah
It trains them where they live, with local professors
The students live at home
The students can stay employed while attending school
It rents the needed facilities and avoids high overhead
It charges a lower tuition than any other local private school
It teaches a comparable curriculum offered by any other university
It grants an American college degree, certified by an APOSTILLE

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In the United States Over 50% of the Hispanic youth do not graduate
 from high school.
Only a small percentage of those who graduate go
to college.
Only a small percentage of those who go to college
ever graduate.
The thousands with unfinished university studies
seldom have the opportunity and means to
complete their careers.
Most Immigrant Hispanics with college degrees find
it almost impossible to have their degrees
validated in the United States.
Etc.

In Latin America The high schools and the universities every year
reject over half the applicants
The private schools are usually very expensive
Most of the college graduates, being from rich
families, are not interested in social change;
the status quo is OK with them.
Strikes by students and faculty are a way of life
The charges for the final graduation are often
exorbitant
Some professors privately charge the students
money to give them the final exam.
Those who want to return and complete their studies,
are expected to start all over again.
Etc.

Universidad Hispana exists to deal with those antisocial educational problems

which are part of the false cultural traditions. We need and welcome the help
from all people of good will, as we develop a plan to organize a comprehensible
educational system to serve all hispanic people who want an education.