Study Abroad in Mexico? Fewer Students From US Are Making the Trek James Bosworth - The Christian Science Monitor
go to original May 10, 2013

Stratfor Latin America Analyst Elias Kraushaar explains that Mexico's demographic challenge is to educate and employ its young and growing population. (STRATFORvideo)

One of the announcements that the US and Mexican governments want to highlight from President Obama's trip is the creation of the United States-Mexico Bilateral Forum on Higher Education, Innovation, and Research. The vaguely worded announcement promises to "encourage broader access to quality post-secondary education for traditionally underserved demographic groups, especially in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. They will also expand educational exchanges, increase joint research on education and learning, and share best practices in higher education and innovation."
 
This is important as education exchanges between the US and Mexico have stagnated or fallen for the past decade. What the presidents didn't say [last week] is that this is something that needs to be fixed because it is a real problem. The numbers and quality of student exchanges between the two countries are quite poor and have been for some time.

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