Higher Education: Military Higher Education Organizations. A study of: The Military Higher Education in Mexico: An Invisible sub-system.

Abstract

To expand knowledge on the field of higher education in general and to collaborate to the particular basic understanding of the military higher education in Mexico in particular, the present academic work was conducted. This exploratory study retrieves relevant data through basic research about the nature of military education and the higher military education organizations in Mexico. Results revealed that the public education sector in Mexico is wider and not only limited to the education of civil society; due the existence of a sub-system of higher education. Such sub-system is the state funded Military Higher Education. Moreover the analysis of the data gathered dropped as findings marked differences between the civilian higher education and the military higher education, on its core objectives, and institutional behavior -such as mission, knowledge delivered, steering of coverage, enrollment policies, transparency and accessibility to information related to the military educative organizations, etc.. Thus the current research is a humble attempt to collaborate with the civilian academic efforts to study the military higher education sub-system in Mexico, as military higher education is part of spectrum of public education sector which most of the times prevails inaccessible or invisible to society in general terms, due to the intrinsic nature of great isolation and fragmentation between civilian society structures and those of the military. Therefore the present study makes emphasis on the relevance for a sustained effort on doing research from within the academic civilian spheres, of the Military Education in general, and in particular of the Military Higher Education and related institutions during peace times and independently of its context. In order to keep track on the evolution, changes and trends of the military education, and to help on the understanding of the phenomena by creating relevant knowledge for the benefit of both, the civilian and the armed forces society.