Higher education in Mexico. From unregulated expansion to evaluation.

Autor/in	Kent, Rollin
Titel	Higher education in Mexico. From unregulated expansion to evaluation.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 25 (1993) 1, S. 73-83Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 13; Tabellen 2
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung; spanische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/BF01384043
Schlagwörter	Evaluation; Planung; Geschichte (Histor); Staat; Finanzen; Hochschulpolitik; Studentenzahl; Hochschule; Effizienz; Entwicklung; Kapazität; Mexiko
Abstract	This paper deals with changes in Mexican higher education over the past 20 years, with particular reference to modifications in policy underway since the late 1980s. There is a general overview of the structure of the Mexican system and the basic changes that occurred during the expansionary period of the 1970s: unplanned growth in public universities which quickly became large, unwiedly organizations; the rapid expansion of the academic profession; heavy influence of politicization in public institutions, which diluted many of the traditional forms of academic organization; and an expansionist and undemanding government funding policy which was basically geared to giving access to growing student demand. The 1980s were a period of economic crisis which translated into restricted public funding for higher education and a government stance of benign neglect. However, during the past four years a new policy has been formulated which has channelled more funds toward the sector in a context of new demands: evaluation of institutional and individual performance, closer links with the productive sector, diversification of funding (mainly through higher student fees), and differential salary scales for academics among other things. (DIPF/Abstract uebernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1996_(CD)