In his News In Depth story “Turmoil imperils research university in Andes” (28 July, p. 340), E. Rodríguez Mega reported the frustrations of the recently dismissed administrators at Yachay Tech University in Ecuador. These administrators, as well as the rector (author C.C.-C.), all signed contracts indicating that they could be dismissed at any time. As members of the new leadership team, we write to express our confidence in the future of Yachay Tech University.
Castillo-Chavez, C., Ponce, P., Reichardt, J., Agathos, S. N., Arellano, P., Griewank, A., Medina, E., Rodriguez, H., & Patiño, E. J. (2017). Yachay’s promise. Science (New York, N.Y.), 357(6354), 881. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao5451 (Original work published 2017)