Challenges of higher education in Mexico during the nineties

Abstract

This paper describes the main characteristics of the Higher Education System in Mexico, in order to establish a reference framework for the coverage of attention to Mexican students and the problem derived from the increases in the take-up of people enrolling for higher education studies. Against such background, we described the link established between financing and evaluation policies in order to draw on financial resources higher education is provided by the Federal Government and which based is on efficiency and quality criteria. Finally, the development of accreditation in Mexico is described together with the foreign conditions influencing this issue which has become—together with in-take and financing—one of the main topics of the agenda of higher education for the foreseeable future.