laborators with whom special work contracts are made. Its support comes from members and contributors, including a subsidy from the Mexican Government. Its publications are distributed by the Fondo de Cultura Económica, Pánuco 63, México, D. F. The Colegio sponsors some 15 to 20 lectures a month, which are open to the public, and edits the Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica. The Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, mentioned in the discussion of vocational education, offers professional degrees in Mechanical and Administrative Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Agricultural Engineering, Public Accounting and Auditing, and Business Administration. The plan of studies for the degree of Agricultural Engineer is given in table 12. This institution holds membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Located on the Pan American Highway with Saddle Mountain in the background, this new campus rivals that of the larger polytechnic city in the capital for its modern functional architecture and many facilities for active wholesome student life. Mexico City College, now settled in its permanent location at Kilometer 16 on the Mexico-Toluca Highway, began in 1940 as a junior college extension of the American School Foundation. By 1946 it had become an independent 4-year college organized according to the United States system of higher education for the purpose of enabling U. S. students to gain a knowledge of Mexico and have the experience of living abroad without sacrificing academic credits in making the transfer. The College is on a quarter-hour basis and operates a summer session in addition to the offerings of the regular school year. Studies leading to a master's degree are given in certain fields. In 1955, 50 of the College's M. A. graduates were working on the doctorate in U. S. universities. About 60 percent of the student body is composed of U. S. veterans studying under the terms of Public Laws 246 and 550. The 1955 enrollment was 977, with 200 in the freshman class. Mexico City College is a member with extra-territorial status of the Association of Texas Colleges. The Women's University of Mexico (Universidad Femenina de México) is a private institution founded in 1943 to increase educational opportunities for women. Like other Mexican universities, it maintains its own preparatory school and includes some subprofessional training. The principal courses offered are in Spanish language and literature, chemical, pharmaceutical, and biological sciences, law and social sciences, journalism, interior decoration, social work, and nursing. A number of other institutions include some work at the higher education level. A typical example is the Universidad Motolinía, which started as a kindergarten about 40 years ago and gradually added grades and expanded programs as the need grew. The school maintains depart ments of kindergarten, primaria, secundaria, comercial, preparatoria, and universitaria. The higher education courses are in chemical sciences, interior decoration, and language and literature. A research center of considerable renown is the National Institute of Cardiology, which carries on a program of studies and instruction on diseases of the heart and blood vessels. Its main purposes are to stimulate international cooperation in studies of cardiology and related fields and to foster interchange with the universities and scientific institutions of Mexico and other countries. The Institute has 14 permanent scholarships for resident doctors, 3 for research assistants, and an indeterminate number for research fellows. For its research departments the center receives a maximum of 12 medical interns, 14 full-time medical aides, 24 part-time medical aides, and an indeterminate number of voluntary workers. These places are especially for young Mexican doctors and those from other countries, particularly Latin American. For admission the student must be a graduate of an official school of medicine or of a private one that the Institute considers accredited. The scholarships are for a minimum of one year and obligate the student to work full time in the Institute, thus permitting the student to make a complete study of clinical cardiology or to specialize in one branch of the subject if he already has general preparation. STATISTICAL DATA The enrollments in higher education in Mexico seem small when compared with the total population of college age, but opportunities for advanced studies have grown as dramatically as have those at elementary and intermediate levels. According to the 1950 census, there were 2,632,191 young people in the 15-19 age group, 2,299,334 in the 20-24 age group, and 2,019,606 in the 25-29 age group, making a total of nearly 7 million. The numbers in these respective groups who were enrolled in some type of school were 311,392 of age 15-19, 64,763 of age 20-24, 27,316 of age 25-29, or a total of 403,471. Out of these groups higher education received an enrollment of about 30,000 students, two-thirds of whom were in institutions in the Federal District. Table U shows the progression of students in professional studies in 1950 in the Republic as a whole and in the Federal District. The degrees conferred in 1950 totaled 5,827, and about half of that number were subprofessional, including the bachiller and other preuniversity diplomas. By 1952 the number had grown to 10,885, and it is estimated that similar increases have occurred since. The trend toward more technical preparation is apparent in the distribution of degrees by field of study, as shown in Table V. Table U.—Progression of students in professional studies in 1950 (Anuario Table V.-Professional degrees conferred in Mexico in 1952 (Anuario 1 Includes: Public Officials, Auditors, Public and Private Accountants, Business Experts, Bookkeepers, Stenographers, and Typists. * Includes: Bachilleres, Skilled workers, Aviation Pilots, Seamen, etc. |