New objectives of higher education: ideality and reality of the public universities in Mexico

Abstract

This assay intends to explain that the education, as the first obligation in Mexico, has failed to face the challenges of the XXI century. Special emphasis is placed upon two aspects: mere financial point where the resources are not sufficient and, the most relevant points from author’s perspective, the role that is played by the university, its social and traditional impact, as well as the new objectives proposed by the author for a genuine national system of education which serves to resolve the most urgent problems of our society.