Letter From the Editor

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父亲给儿子的一封信

孩子:哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐着性子试着了解我……如果我吃得脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服……有耐性一点。你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?如果,当我一再重复述说同样的事情……不要打断我,听我说……你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍地读着同样的故事直到你静静睡着……当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡……当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我……我曾教了你多少事情啊……如何好好地吃,好好地穿……如何面对你的生命……如果交谈中我忽然…     

Higher education in Mexico: From unregulated expansion to evaluation

This paper deals with changes in Mexican higher education over the past 20 years, with particular reference to modifications in policy underway since the late 1980s. There is a general overview of the structure of the Mexican system and the basic changes that occurred during the expansionary period of the 1970s: unplanned growth in public universities which quickly became large, unwieldy organizations; the rapid expansion of the academic profession; heavy influence of politicization in public institutions, which diluted many of the traditional forms of academic organization; and an expansionist and undemanding government funding policy which was basically geared to giving access to growing student demand. The 1980s were a period of economic crisis which translated into restricted public funding for higher education and a government stance of benign neglect. However, during the past four years a new policy has been formulated which has channelled more funds toward the sector in a context of new demands: evaluation of institutional and individual performance, closer links with the productive sector, diversification of funding (mainly through higher student fees), and differential salary scales for academics among other things. The paper concludes with some remarks on emerging processes and various unresolved issues in a context where two rationales seem to be at odds within the system: the traditionalmodus operandi of institutions where assessment has always been lacking, and the new government policy which demands quality and accountability from higher education.

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Resumen Este ensayo brinda una visión de conjunto de los principales cambios producidos en la educación superior mexicana a lo largo de los uúltimos veinte años, con énfasis en las modificaciones más recientes en las políticas estatales aparecidas durante el gobierno de Salinas de Gortari. Se revisan las principales transformaciones de la expansión no regulada de los años setentas y posteriormente el período de abandono benigno de la crisis de los ochenta. Se subrayan los principales aspectos de las políticas en curso: renovado impulso al financiamiento estatal en un contexto de evaluación institucional e individual, de insistencia en buscar vínculos entre instituciones y aparato productivo, de búsqueda de nuevas formas de financiamiento (especialmente el aumento de cuotas a estudiantes), y de escalas salariales diferenciadas de acuerdo con el desempeño académico. Termina el artículo señalando algunos de los procesos emergentes y algunas cuestiones críticas (issues) no resueltas en un contexto de pugna entre la lógica tradicional de las instituciones universitarias no acostumbradas a evaluarse y a dar cuentas públicamente de su desempeño, y la nueva lógica de las políticas gubernamentales.

     

从同化到多元化:墨西哥原住民政策的发展

墨西哥有50多个原住民族,约占全国人口的10%,是拉美国家中原住民人口较多的国家。怎样制定合理的原住民政策,正确处理墨西哥主流文化与原住民文化间的冲突,一直是墨西哥政府十分关注的问题。墨西哥经历了早期"民族同化"、现代化进程中"民族一体化",以及当代"民族多元化"原住民政策的发展。历史经验表明,只有制定合乎本国国情的原住民政策,兼容并蓄,才能保证墨西哥社会健康、稳定的发展。     

From internal unravelling to transnational assembling: histories of education in Mexico

This essay traces recent developments in Mexican history of education in the light of trends in the field and publication in Paedagogica Historica.     

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Modem Elementary Statistics. By John E. Freund . Elementary Statistics in a World of Applications. By Ramakant Khazanie . Part Source: Pearson, E. S. and Kendall Instructor's Guide for Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. By David S. Moore . MANEC: Using Statistics in Managing the Economy MARCS: Market Research Case Studies.     

家书与家书文化小议

家书是亲人间遥寄相思、沟通信息的纽带。家书是传统文化的重要载体,而且感情最真,没有假大空,无粉饰之谈。人们喜爱家书,是因为家书自身的史料价值和文学欣赏价值,历经时代风雨的淘洗而不褪色,反愈发显示出内在的思想光芒和魅力。书信在中国已有悠久的历史,它们如今已成为一种文化经典,植入国人的情感记忆。许多名人家书已进入收藏市场,但民间家书却还没进入收藏者的视野。在家书淡出人们生活的今天,抢救民间家书,传承家书文化,已经到了迫在眉睫的时候了。     

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