{"id":95,"date":"2013-11-18T20:34:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T02:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/ita\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:32:04","slug":"como-comenzo-el-programa-ita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/es\/beca-ita\/como-comenzo-el-programa-ita\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfC\u00f3mo comenz\u00f3 el programa ITA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='row'><\/p>\n<p><div class='span6'><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-132\" src=\"https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"how did the ITA program start\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/es\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start-1024x680.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/es\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start-300x199.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/es\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start-150x99.jpg.webp 150w, https:\/\/ita.ufm.edu\/es\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2013\/11\/how-did-the-ITA-program-start.jpg.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class='span6'><\/p>\n<p>Los fundadores de la Universidad Francisco Marroqu\u00edn buscaban atraer a los estudiantes m\u00e1s brillantes y con las mayores probabilidades de convertirse en futuros l\u00edderes. \u00a0Desde un principio se enfatiz\u00f3 que la selecci\u00f3n de estudiantes deber\u00eda basarse exclusivamente en criterios acad\u00e9micos.<\/p>\n<p>En 1972 se estableci\u00f3 un programa de cr\u00e9dito educativo, a fin de que ninguno de los estudiantes calificados fuera excluido. \u00a0Desde su inicio, este programa ha ayudado a cientos de personas.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, un sector importante de la poblaci\u00f3n \u2013aun con el beneficio del cr\u00e9dito educativo\u2013no puede costear sus estudios en la UFM.\u00a0 Para esta mayor\u00eda muy pobre de los habitantes de Guatemala, estudiar en vez de trabajar es un lujo que muchas familias no pueden darse.<\/p>\n<p>En 1996, el programa de becas ITA comenz\u00f3 con dos estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Econ\u00f3micas de la UFM. 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