Jose Luis Mendez is Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.Abraham A. Hernandez Paz is Director of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. Oswaldo Levya Cordero is Full Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

• Introduction.- Recent trends in mexican higher education policy, performance and orientation.- chapter 1.- the role of internal and external factors in the formulation of higher education policy in mexico, 1978–2018.- chapter 2.- changes in higher education in mexico.-from quality assessment to continuous improvement.- chapter 3.- knowledge management and its importance for institutional performance.- chapter 4.- academic and scientific performance in mexican universities.- chapter 5.- the pragmatism of human rights. A review on the exercise of the right to higher education in mexico.- chapter 6.- the mass entry into latin american universities and low student retention rates. An in-depth look at the case of mexico.- chapter 7.- social inequality in access to higher education in mexico: current situation and policy implications.- chapter 8.- implementation of the enrollment policy in mexican higher education: between the national and the subnational.- chapter 9.- gender perspective in the internationalization of public higher education.- chapter 10.- characteristics of political science, public administration, and public policy programs in mexico and a mentoring policy proposal.- conclusions.

Jose Luis Mendez is Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.Abraham A. Hernandez Paz is Director of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. Oswaldo Levya Cordero is Full Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

• Introduction.- Recent trends in mexican higher education policy, performance and orientation.- chapter 1.- the role of internal and external factors in the formulation of higher education policy in mexico, 1978–2018.- chapter 2.- changes in higher education in mexico.-from quality assessment to continuous improvement.- chapter 3.- knowledge management and its importance for institutional performance.- chapter 4.- academic and scientific performance in mexican universities.- chapter 5.- the pragmatism of human rights. A review on the exercise of the right to higher education in mexico.- chapter 6.- the mass entry into latin american universities and low student retention rates. An in-depth look at the case of mexico.- chapter 7.- social inequality in access to higher education in mexico: current situation and policy implications.- chapter 8.- implementation of the enrollment policy in mexican higher education: between the national and the subnational.- chapter 9.- gender perspective in the internationalization of public higher education.- chapter 10.- characteristics of political science, public administration, and public policy programs in mexico and a mentoring policy proposal.- conclusions.

Jose Luis Mendez is Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México (COLMEX), Mexico.Abraham A. Hernandez Paz is Director of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico. Oswaldo Levya Cordero is Full Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

• Introduction.- Recent trends in mexican higher education policy, performance and orientation.- chapter 1.- the role of internal and external factors in the formulation of higher education policy in mexico, 1978–2018.- chapter 2.- changes in higher education in mexico.-from quality assessment to continuous improvement.- chapter 3.- knowledge management and its importance for institutional performance.- chapter 4.- academic and scientific performance in mexican universities.- chapter 5.- the pragmatism of human rights. A review on the exercise of the right to higher education in mexico.- chapter 6.- the mass entry into latin american universities and low student retention rates. An in-depth look at the case of mexico.- chapter 7.- social inequality in access to higher education in mexico: current situation and policy implications.- chapter 8.- implementation of the enrollment policy in mexican higher education: between the national and the subnational.- chapter 9.- gender perspective in the internationalization of public higher education.- chapter 10.- characteristics of political science, public administration, and public policy programs in mexico and a mentoring policy proposal.- conclusions.