What Is Proyecta 100 Mil

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PROYECTA 100 MIL As we have seen it the previous sections, Mexico and the U.S. share different conditions: geographical locations, producing and exporting economies and richness of their natural resources. Both countries have implemented successful bilateral agreements which have bring benefits from both nations; nonetheless, it seems that the relations among both countries only flourished in the commercial and political sectors leaving aside other others. For example, the educational one. For this reason, Mexico and the U.S. have implemented the Proyecta 100 Mil Initiative.
Proyecta 100 Mil is a Mexican educational initiative developed by thirty five experts of different institutions and organizations in the academic, social, private and …show more content…

and vice versa. According to the Open Doors Report by the Institute of International Education (IIE) (2015), Mexico occupied the tenth place of number of international students in the U.S., the first places were led by East Asian countries like China, India and South Korea. Regarding U.S. students studying abroad, Mexico was in the thirteenth place and the United Kingdom was the top destination for Americans. In terms of Spanish speaking countries, Mexico was exceeded by Spain and Costa Rica since they occupied the third and eighth places …show more content…

Therefore, the need of a strong initiative, like Proyecta 100 Mil, was needed.
Goals
The Proyecta 100 Mil Committee pointed out the importance of working in the following areas within this educational initiative: promotion, languages, technological development and innovation, academic exchange, graduate studies, undergraduate student mobility and, internships and relevance. Some of these areas are part of the internationalization process that several researchers in the international educational have stated (Knight, 2014; Jaschik, 2008; Gacel-Avila, 2007), and areas that the Mexican higher education surely need to be improved to be competent to its counterparts across the world.
Proyecta 100 Mil main goal is to send 100,000 Mexican students to study to the U.S and 50,000 U.S. students to Mexico by 2018. Moreover, the creation of 38 research consortia, 20 virtual innovation centers or bi-national projects for innovation in strategic sectors and areas and other graduate study agreements are part of its goal (DR, 2013). With this, Proyecto 100 Mill is expected to close that education gap between Mexico and the U.S.

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