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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author PADILLA, Laura Elena
Title How has Mexican faculty been trained? : a national perspective and a case study
Publication year 2008
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 56 (2008) 2, S. 167 - 183
Inventory number 24466
Keywords Ausland : Mexiko : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Ausland : Mexiko : einzelne Hochschulen ; Fakultäten, Fachbereiche
Abstract This article depicts how faculty members at Mexican higher education institutions have been prepared in order to assume their professional responsibilities. It relies on three elements: First, a secondary analysis of a national faculty survey composed of 3,861 faculty members from 65 institutions; second, 34 interviews conducted in eight higher education institutions; third, a primary analysis of an institution faculty survey in a public autonomous university. Results are presented regarding the following issues: first, the central traits of anticipatory or formative in-site faculty socialization; second, the changes in the highest degree faculty obtained at entry into academic life as compared to the obtained degree at the time of the survey; third, the formative time patterns during faculty?s higher education training, fourth, the conditions of study under which faculty members obtained their graduate degrees; and fifth, the academic inbreeding phenomenon. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Padilla, Laura Elena, E-Mail: lepadill@correo.uaa.mx