That s mass education. They allowed it to grow, they allowed governance to become very feeble, and every attempt to fix it finds fierce opposition. The next wave. Mexico Now a network of 29 campuses in 26 cities with more than 80,000 students, itesm has also developed a virtual university that has allowed it to expand its reach across Latin America. In addition, the university has built a network of nonprofit associations to raise funds.
Tuition covers the cost of operations while donations pay for buildings and equipment.
The university even holds lotteries to increase its budget for scholarships and loans, which benefit nearly one in three of its students. In the process, itesm has become a major exporter of outstanding courseware via distance education, says Castro. Latin America s elementary and secondary education has undergone a revolution over the past few decades that has swelled enrollment. This demographic wave moving through the schools has already reached the higher education system in some countries, Castro says. It s not just the elites that aspire to a higher education degree, he says, but children of much more modest backgrounds who have had weaker education.