When Jesús Ignacio Lechuga applied to college three years ago, he was looking for an education that would be affordable and allow him to work and study at the same time. So he applied to the International College for Experienced Learning, or Universidad ICEL, a for-profit university in Mexico City, where tuition is 10 percent of what it is at the city's elite nonprofit universities and classes are offered at nights and on weekends.
As Mexico’s last baby boom comes of age, more young people than ever aspire to a college degree. A rush of private higher education institutions has arrived to meet rising demand.
Al menos 17 rectores de universidades privadas del municipio manifestaron su inconformidad y rechazaron la apertura del Instituto de Estudios Francisco Ugalde (IEFU), que abrirá sus puertas en agosto de este año, porque consideran que las ya existentes cubren la demanda educativa en la región.
Rectores y autoridades jurídicas de Universidades Particulares de Veracruz, desmienten que existan en el estado Universidades privadas clausuradas o canceladas como se afirmó en medios de comunicación en días pasados.