Abstract

AbstractThis chapter examines the context of higher education and upper-secondary education in Mexico, focusing on the role of the University of Guadalajara – the second largest in the country – and its response to the pandemic by strengthening collaboration with the upper-secondary system.During the pandemic, the lack of articulation between higher education and upper-secondary education posed a challenge for the transition to online education in the University of Guadalajara. This chapter discusses how the different initiatives advanced by the University to face this unprecedented situation helped to reduce the barriers between these levels and led to academic innovation, resulting in valuable discussions on the educational model and teaching practices for the post-Covid-19 world.Finally, the authors reflect on the views of faculty regarding the need for an innovative educational model, concluding that a closer collaboration between systems is needed for the benefit of students and faculty.

Highlights

  • The authors reflect on the views of faculty regarding the need for an innovative educational model, concluding that a closer collaboration between systems is needed for the benefit of students and faculty

  • Besides the tremendous disruption caused by the Covid-19 crisis, higher education institutions worldwide face a series of challenges that require urgent attention

  • A hypothesis for this discrepancy between supply of graduates in various fields and occupations and demand for such graduates is the lack of structural connection between higher education and upper-secondary schools, which is a characteristic of Mexican and other Latin American (LATAM) countries’ educational systems

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Summary

11.1 National Context of Mexican Upper-Secondary and Higher Education

Mexican education authorities have made important efforts to widen access and improve the quality of higher education in recent years. Full gratuity and coverage are not near realities due to national fiscal constraints, this legislation is a milestone toward complete access to higher education in the future (Tuirán, 2019). The higher education accessibility gap among the Mexican population remains one of the most pressing challenges for the country, as higher education excludes millions of young people and enrollment rates remain comparatively low. Among OECD countries, the average higher education enrollment rate is 59%, while Mexico’s is only 39.7% (Secretaría de Educación Pública, 2019); in the Latin American (LATAM) context, Mexico performs 6 percentage points below the regional mean of 45% (OECD, 2020). 83% of those between 25 and 64 years old have not attended a higher education institution (OECD, 2020)

11.2 Challenges for Higher Education Institutions
11 University of Guadalajara
11.3 The University of Guadalajara’s Context
11.4 Internal Governance and Collaboration Within UdeG
11.5 The Impacts of Covid-19
11.6 SEMS’s Academic Response to Online Transition
Findings
11.9 Conclusions
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