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Ibmec

Ibmec is a private research university with five campuses in Brazil's main cities of Rio de Janeiro (two campuses), São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Brasília. Founded in 1970, it is one of South America's most prestigious business and economics schools and today offers undergraduate and graduate programs in several other disciplines. Ibmec's undergraduate and graduate programs in Business, Economics, Law, International Relations, Accounting, Marketing, and various fields of Engineering- Civil, Computer Science, Manufacturing, Software and Mechanical Engineering, were awarded the highest ranking in all the evaluations conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Ibmec was founded as a not-for-profit institute to educate members of the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange. One of the university's professors is Justice Luis Fux, a member of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

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Ibmec is a private research university with five campuses in Brazil's main cities of Rio de Janeiro (two campuses), São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Brasília. Founded in 1970, it is one of South America's most prestigious business and economics schools and today offers undergraduate and graduate programs in several other disciplines. Ibmec's undergraduate and graduate programs in Business, Economics, Law, International Relations, Accounting, Marketing, and various fields of Engineering- Civil, Computer Science, Manufacturing, Software and Mechanical Engineering, were awarded the highest ranking in all the evaluations conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Ibmec was founded as a not-for-profit institute to educate members of the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange. One of the university's professors is Justice Luis Fux, a member of the Brazilian Supreme Court.

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  1. date of foundation: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359406425

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