Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Sonora, Mexico 2013

Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Sonora, Mexico 2013

Sonora is one of wealthiest states in Mexico and has made great strides in building its human capital and skills. How can Sonora turn the potential of its universities and technological institutions into an active asset for economic and social development? How can it improve the equity, quality and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider (content provider)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2013.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Higher Education in Regional and City Development,
Subjects:
Urban, Rural and Regional Development
Education
Social Sciences
History of Education
Mexico
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706546906719
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of acronyms
  • Assessment and recommendations
  • Chapter 1. Human capital development, labour market and skills
  • Introduction
  • 1.1. Tertiary education expansion
  • 1.2. Quality and relevance of tertiary education
  • 1.3. Lifelong learning and reskilling and upskilling
  • 1.4. Strategic co-ordination: Creating linkages between foreign direct
  • investors and local industry entrepreneurs
  • 1.5. A potential crisis of supply for university research and teaching capacity
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Annex 1.A1 Tertiary education institutions in Sonora, 2011-12
  • Annex 1.A2. Technical institutes’ enrolment and graduation figures in
  • Mexico
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Research, development and innovation
  • Introduction
  • 2.1. Sonora’s tertiary education potential
  • 2.2. Challenges
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Social, cultural and environmental development
  • Introduction
  • 3.1. TEIs and social inclusion
  • 3.2. Promotion of environmental sustainability
  • 3.3. Benchmarking with international experience
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Annex 3.A1. Indigenous people in Sonora
  • Annex 3.A2. ITSON’s arts and cultural programme
  • References
  • Chapter 4. Globalisation and Internationalisation
  • Introduction
  • 4.1. Mexico and Sonora in context
  • 4.2. Internationalisation and the state education policy
  • 4.3. Internationalisation of Sonora’s tertiary education sector
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • References
  • Chapter 5. Capacity building for regional development
  • Introduction
  • 5.1. Sonora’s governance structure and TE system
  • 5.2. Sonora’s TEIs and their regional engagement
  • 5.3. Policy environment for TEIs
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Annex 5.A.1. Federal funding for TEIs
  • References
  • Annex A. Review team
  • Annex B. The review visit agenda

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