German Alvarez-Mendiola

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Mexico
Interests/Expertise: 

Higher education policies and institutions. Mexico and Latin America
Regional configurations of private higher education in Mexico.
Policies in lifelong learning. Mexico and Latin America
Social Science and Scientific Legitimation. Mexico and Latin America.
Preferred methodologies: qualitative; case studies; national and international comparisons.

Recent research/consultancy: 
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutes (ANUIES). August, 2006 to this day.
  • Coordinator of the Collection “Higher Education Library”, ANUIES. April 2007 to this day.
  • Member of Advisory Committee of Mexican Council of Educational Research (COMIE). November 2007 to this day. (http://www.comie.org.mx/v1/sitio/portal.php).
  • Member of Management Committee of Mexican Council of Educational Research (COMIE). November 2005 to November 2007.
  • Member of the Council of the Network of Researchers on Higher Education (RISEU). January, 2000 to this day. (http://www.riseu.unam.mx/v1/index.php?scn=SC01).
  • Associated to Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE). June, 2003 to this day.
Recognitions, positions, memberships: 
  • Doctoral Degree in Science (Educational Research). Centre for Research and Advanced Studies, 2003.
  • Master Degree in Science (Educational Research). Centre for Research and Advanced Studies. 1989.
  • Undergraduate Degree (Licenciatura) in Sociology. National University of Mexico (UNAM), 1986.
  • ANUIES Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Higher Education, México, October 2003.
  • Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), Mexico. 2002 to this days.
Selected publications: 
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán (2008 ) “Los besos de la Quimera”. In Calidad de la educación e investigación científica. Mexico, UdG (forthcoming).
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán (2006 ) “Lifelong Learning policies in Mexico: context, challenges and comparisons”. Compare: A journal of comparative education, 36:3, 379 – 399.
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán and De Vries, Wietse (2005) “Public universities in México: The Politics of Public Policies”. International Higher Education, No. 38, winter 2005, pp. 17-18, USA,. (Reprinted by NAFSA's International Educator Magazine, Association of International Educators, Washington, D.C., May-June).
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán (2005) “Calidad y legitimación de las instituciones de educación superior”. In La calidad, la eficiencia y la evaluación de la educación superior. Spain, Netbiblo Editorial, pp. 27-64.
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán (2004) Modelos académicos de ciencias sociales y legitimación científica en México. Un estudio comparativo de tres casos. Mexico, Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES), 443 pp.
  • Kent, Rollin; Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán; de Vries, Wietse; González, Mario y Ramírez,Rosalía (2003) Cambio organizacional y disciplinar en unidades no metropolitanas de ciencias sociales.  Mexico, Plaza y Valdés and DIE-CINVESTAV, 257 pp.
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán and de Vries, Wietse (2002) “Los asuntos claves para la educación superior en el Programa Nacional de Educación 2001-2006”. Revista de la Educación Superior, Vol. XXXI, No. 121, January - March, ANUIES, pp. 65-79.
  • García de Fanelli, Ana; Kent Serna, Rollin; Álvarez Mendiola, Germán; Ramírez García, Rosalba; Trombetta, Augusto (2001) Entre la academia y el mercado. Posgrados en ciencias sociales y políticas públicas en Argentina y México. Mexico, Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior/Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, 379 pp.
  • Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán (2000) “La educación terciaria en la elevación de los niveles formativos de la sociedad canadiense: problemas de fin de milenio y desafíos futuros.” Revista de la Educación Superior No. 115, July - September, ANUIES, pp. 45-60. 
  • Kent, Rollin; Álvarez, Mendiola, Germán y Ramírez, Rosalba (2000) “The Mexican Educational System: Societal Trends and Issues for the Twenty-First Century.” En Steyn, Hennie & Wolhuter C. (eds.) Education systems of developing countries. Challenges of the twenty-first century. Noordbrug, South Africa, Keurkopie Uitgewers, pp. 195-270.

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