Resumen

SILAS CASILLAS, Juan Carlos. Realidades y tendencias en la educación superior privada mexicana. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2005, vol.27, n.109-110, pp.7-37. ISSN 0185-2698.

In this article, the author analyzes the three main trends within Mexican higher education: growth, diversification and strenghtening of the private sector, with a special emphasis on the third one. He presents valuable information and arguments about the growth of the private sector and the possible reasons for this increase of the number of enrolled undergraduate students and the percentage of their participation at national level, highlighting the case of the low profile higher education institution which do not belong to the university type and thinking about the complementary role they seem to play within Mexican higher education, giving education opportunities to the people who, for economical reasons or because of the space scarcity, are not able to enroll in public, religious oriented private or elite institutions.

Palabras llave : Higher Education ; Private higher education ; Mexico ; Undergraduate studies ; Low profile ; Trends.

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