THE ASSERTIONS OF PUBLIC CONCLUSSIONS IN THE COLEGIO DEL ROSARIO DURING THE EPOCH OF THE UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL [1826-1842]

Abstract

The Central University of Cundinamarca, founded in 1826 by Vicepresident Francisco de Paula Santander, based on the plan of studies developed by Don Francisco Antonio Moreno y Escandón at the end of the 18th century, was the first attempt to form a public university in Colombia. However, this proved unsuccesful because university classes continued to be taught by high schools and the public university was reduced to an office granting titles, as had been the fate of Santo Tómas University in the colonial era. This paper brings to light unknown aspects of wath was the university system in this era.