The Universidad de and its socio-economic commitment

OECD/IMHE Programme on Supporting the Higher Education Institution´s Contribution to Regional Development

October 16-17 Copenhagen

1 CONTENTS

I. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES II.

III. ’ ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL IV. COMMITMENT

V. FUTURE PLAN

VI. EXPECTED OUTCOMES 2 I. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Economic Growth Technology

Stability Poverty Innovation Industry Employment Income Education Distribution Environment Agriculture Health

Fiscal Policies Global Relations

3 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SIX CRITICAL VARIABLES

Education Infrastructure

Wealth formation POVERTY Health

Employment Security

4 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES A. POVERTY

• According to the UN, is a country that has a high-development rate, that how we got to the OECD (ranking 53rd. in 177 countries).

• However, in 2000, 26.3% of the population lived with $2 dollars a day or less (25 million people). 9.9% earned less than $1 dollar a day (10 million people).

• And the 10% richest earn 43 more than do the 10% poorest.

5 Source: 2005 World Development Indicators. Distribution of income and consumption Retrieved November 15, 2005 en http://devdata.worlbank.org/wdi2005/Table2_7.htm II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES B. EDUCATION

Education Infrastructure

Ability to develop POVERTY Health and leave inheritance

Employment Security

6 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES B. EDUCATION

● The rate of illiteracy in Mexico is 92%.

● The average of completed scholarly yearsis9.0

7 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES B. EDUCATION

Ending efficiency in Mexico Thousands

Nationwide, for the cohort ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 14,766 12,389 ending college in 2005, 6.5% 100% EE 84% SECONDARY SCHOOL of the children who started 11,150 8,139 75% EE 73% elementary school, graduated PREPARATORY SCHOOL 4,070 2,360 from college. 27% EE 58% COLLEGE 1,940 970 13% EE 50% = 6.5%

GRADUATES 8

EE: Ending Efficiency II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES C. INFRASTRUCTURE

Education Infrastructure

Ability to develop POVERTY Health and leave inheritance

Employment Security

9 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES C. INFRASTRUCTURE : HOUSING

• The number of inhabitants per dwelling in Mexico is 4.4

• 85% of the dwellings in Mexico have running water and 75% have a drainage system.

• Only 28% own their own house.

10 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES D. HEALTH

Education Infrastructure

Ability to develop and POVERTY Health leave inheritance

Employment Security

11 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES D. HEALTH

Mortality

• life expectancy is 77 years for women, and 72 for men. • Nationwide, the three main diseases are cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes.

Addictions • 3.5 million Mexicans have taken drugs at some point, 6% of whom are teenagers. 75% of the people who take drugs are men and 84% live in the city.

Nutrition

• In indigenous areas (15% of the country), malnutrition affects 75% of the children. 12 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES E. SECURITY

Education Infrastructure

Ability to develop and leave POVERTY Health inheritance

Employment Security

13 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES E. SECURITY

• The growth rate of reported crime during 2002-2003 was, 3.19 It has 5 years of continuous growth above the 3%

• Moreover, according to the Instituto Ciudadano de Estudio sobre la Inseguridad (ICESI), the national rate of unreported crime is 66%.

14 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES F. EMPLOYMENT

Education Infrastructure

Ability to develop and leave POVERTY Health inheritance

Employment Security

15 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES F. EMPLOYMENT

• In Mexico there are 1,650,243 people able to work who cannot find employment in either the formal or the informal economic sector.

• 65% of home-providing parents earn up to 4 minimum wages (approximately $4,000 pesos).

16 II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES

Education Infrastructure

Wealth formation POVERTY Health

Employment Security

17 Planeación Estratégica. CESYF II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES G. Wealth Distribution

80 A comparison of some countries’ GINI coefficients 70 71 60 59 60 57 58 58 55 55 52 53 50

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. r 0 p o n a d y n e y a s a a a s r e y R n A in o a i y l l a i a k a d a d a t lv c r e b i a i k u p n S i l a z b r g r e w h n a x u i m u i a a n a a r c a m U S d h a m v l J w l r e e o g r e m u m S o e n g l n C l a B t o e z i e r M o o r a l B H n N G E a S e C F A H C a u N 18 D P G Source: 2005 World Development Indicators,Table 1.1 Size of the Economy. Retrieved November 15, 2005 in http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2005/Table1_1.htm III. UNIVERSITIES’ ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT A. UNIVERSITIES’ COMMITMENT AND POSSIBILITIES

HIGHER EDUCATION IS MULTIFUNCTIONAL, SINCE IN ADDITION TO ITS TEACHING AND RESEARCH FUNCTIONS: • It promotes the unity among the various sectors of society. • It encourages the formation of change agents inside the communities. • It channels the social work of thousands of students. • It develops applied research for development. • It develops enterprises

19 III. UNIVERSITIES’ ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT A. MEXICAN UNIVERSITIES’ COMMITMENT

• It is compulsory for Mexican College students, to provide 500 hours of service to the community before graduating (social service law).

• Among 2000 Mexican universities, there are many levels of responsability and commitment with which this requirement is met.

20 III. UNIVERSITIES’ ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT A. PRESENT OF MONTERREY COMMITMENT

Social commitment to Social commitment with the student the student 1. Sensitizing (40%) 12 3 2. Sensitizing+social formation (50%) 3. Sensitizing+socialformation+social 3 Udem2007 90 80 awareness (10%) 70 2 60 2005 50 40 Social impact on the community 1 30 20 1. Assistance programs (55%) Social impact on the community 10 2. Social promotion programs (30%) 0 1 3. Community development projects

(15%) 21 IV. THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL COMMITMENT C. UDEM’S SOCIAL SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENTAL VARIABLES

Health and Development Ctrs. Summer Camps Work in Rural Communities Work in Suburban Communities

Education Infrastructure

Health Ctrs WEALTH Health DEVELOPMENT POVERTY

Employment Security Solidary Store Productive Women Biointensive Farming

22 IV. THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL COMMITMENT D. UDEM’S SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS

INTERNAL PROGRAMS PROGRAMS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS Centers for develpmt 22 years 3 locations 5,000 users/year

CAEI •Local Organizations(65) 17 years 4 locations 250 children SUMMER 10 locations •ONG’S (16) CAMP 22 years 2,300 users •Civilian Associations (19) SUBURBAN Poorest COMMUNITIES neighborhoods 5 years around campus 360 users RURAL 3 Mexican states PROGRAMS 5 years 450 users 737 students (70%) INTERNATIONAL 2 Coahuila ASSISTANCE 10 National and 4 Chihuahua VOLUNTEERS International 1 Chiapas 3 years Contacts 3 Africa 312 students (30%)

* Data from 2005 23 IV. THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL COMMITMENT E. UDEM’S SOCIAL SERVICE

• At present, an annual average of 1,000 students do their social service in over 80 of the 160 institutions available to them. • However, the projects mostly have impact on one variable, and have no overall effect on the development of the community and their poverty levels. • What we need is to put together a developmental program that impacts on 4 or 5 of the key variables impinging upon poverty. • We have available our students body and a curricular 24 structure IV. THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL COMMITMENT F. UDEM COLLEGE CURRICULUM MINOR AREA OF AREA OF GENERAL STUDIES PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND AREA EVALUATION Guided Core Courses Professional •Mexican studies and society, culture, Courses on Practices politics and economy Professional Research •Global scenarios, trends, and Competencies dilemmas Project

AREA OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Courses on Professional Core Courses Concentration

AREA OF INTEGRAL FORMATION Social Service University Cocurricular courses and/or *Social Formation Life Workshop activities Orientation *Training in Community 25 Development V. FUTURE PLANS

A. UDEM’S NEW SOCIAL PROJECTS TO THE YEAR 2012 STRATEGY PROJECT BENEFICIARIES 1 Politechnical Preparatory Schools Social 2 Communities Action Neighborhoods’ University 3 Cooperative Projects based in research and innovation Community Diagnostic 4 Social Formation Workshop for students UDEM Social students Formation 5 UDEM’S Volunteering and Community Development School

Social 6 Institutional Formation Organizations Extension 26 VI. EXPECTED 5 YEAR OUTCOMES

• Education: To increase the average of study years to 12 in the county in which the UDEM is present, through the creation of a Politechnical Preparatory School in Santa Catarina.

• Employment: To bring about a 5% reduction in unemployment through productive projects (Cooperatives).

• Wealth Formation: Improvement of 5% of the Gini coefficient of the county through 10 cooperative projects.

• Evaluation: To provide efficient, effective, and coherent community projects reducing poverty levels and increasing quality of life.

27 At the , we do not only train excellent professionals, but also extraordinary people.

28 IV. THE UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY AND ITS SOCIAL COMMITMENT

● The Universidad de Monterrey centers its Student 9,073 endeavor on man as the population

origin, center and purpose Professors with of culture and welcomes Masters Degree 100% plurality. Professors with Doctoral Degree 33% ● At present, the UDEM is Students working towards the particapting in 645 study abroad consolidation of academic Foreign students leadership and the 301 formation of leaders for 29 change. II. MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT: SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES G. FINANCING SOURCES

1 People’s savings

Credit and Savings plans: SEDESOL 2

Microfinancing: 3 Secretaría de Economía

Property Plans 4 Cooperatives ESOP Stock options

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