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Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky; Lavore, Elisa; Flores-Ivich, Georgina – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
In this study we analyse the relationship between Mexican students' enrolment in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and their college preparedness using a case-study methodology. We found that from the Mexican schools that offer the IB DP, most IB students are fairly successful in their college applications, such that the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Advanced Placement Programs, Case Studies, College Preparation
Ambrus, Steven – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
With 16,000 graduate and undergraduate students, the International College for Experienced Learning (ICEL) is widely considered among the better for-profit universities in Mexico, where such institutions have flourished over the last 20 years by offering degrees that can be earned relatively quickly, and flexibility in terms of fee payments and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Social Class, Graduates