University of New Mexico Vice President for Student Affairs Eliseo Torres, Ph.D. is hosting educators from private and public schools from several communities in Mexico on campus next week. The group is working with Torres to set up a special summer program for high school juniors, seniors, and recent graduates from Mexico.
"We hope to attract more than 50 students to the campus this summer from Mexico," says Torres. "We will assess their language skills, work with them in small groups and as individuals to prepare them for enrolling in college in the United States, especially at UNM." The university has only a small number of Mexican students, but Torres hopes that by working with Mexican educators, he can find a way to increase that number. Mexican universities normally combine high school and college age students in one institution. That is only one of many cultural differences in higher education between the two countries.
Torres visited several communities in Mexico last September to find contacts willing to introduce their students to UNM. Now many of the educators he met with will visit the campus to get a better idea of what the university might offer. He will host educators from Mexico City, Juarez, Cuernavaca, Cuidad
Chihuahua, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.
The three week summer program will cost the students about $1,500. During that time, they will live in the dorms, take classes and travel in the region on supervised field trips. The school officials will be visiting campus on Feb. 9 and 10, and the student bridge program will be held from July 11-31, 2004.
Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627
Posted by kwentworth at February 5, 2004 11:01 AM