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"El Magonista"
Vol. 5 No. 17
Website: www.california-
June 7, 2017
mexicocenter.org
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Study Abroad Program

Featured News:

The United States and Mexico:

Education and understanding
 By: Earl Anthony Wayne and Sergio M. Alcocer, The
Conversation ~ May 29, 2017

Last week, officials from the U.S. and Mexico

revitalized their commitment to fight cross-border
smuggling of drugs, arms and money. U.S. officials
recognized America's demand for drugs as "the
magnet" that feeds drug smuggling, and Mexico
committed to tackle jointly the elements of the
cartels' business model.

While illegal immigration and drugs dominate

much of the public discourse around U.S.-
Mexico relations, the partnership between these
countries is vital and dynamic in many other
ways.

The two neighbors trade over U.S. $1 million a

minute, employ many millions in good jobs on both
sides of the border, have over a million legal border
crossings each day and have over 35 million
citizens of shared heritage.

We have devoted years of our professional lives (in

government, academic and social sectors) to
developing and implementing strategies for
improving our countries' relationship. As such, we've
been taken aback by the sharply critical U.S.
rhetoric about Mexico in recent months and the anti-
American sentiment that quickly rekindled in Mexico.

Our most recent work, however, shows that

educational and research exchanges can bridge
the widening divide, while also building
workforces that can help the two nations thrive
in the technological revolutions ahead.

Academic exchanges as long-term bridges

We have seen firsthand the impact of programs on

young Mexicans who returned from U.S. stays with
pride, enthusiasm and improved English. We've also
witnessed how American students interacting with
their counterparts in Mexico enhance the
appreciation and respect for each others' countries.

Yet, student exchange numbers are not

encouraging. Mexico ranks 10th for the number
of full-time students studying in the U.S., placing
it far behind China and India, and also trailing Saudi
Arabia, Brazil, Vietnam, and northern neighbor
Canada. The story is worse in the other direction:
Only 4,712 U.S. students were studying in Mexico in
2014-15, 12th among destinations for U.S. students.

There are many reasons for the low numbers, but

here is the bottom line: Two such interconnected
neighbors should be doing better.
In 2013, we were a part of launching an initiative
aimed at tackling this problem. The Bilateral Forum
on Higher Education, Innovation and
Research (known by its Spanish acronym, FOBESII)
gathers educators, private citizens, companies and
officials from universities and government. Their aim
is to expand long-term investments in education and
research partnerships between the U.S. and
Mexico.

In the past four years, FOBESII has fostered more

than 115 new agreements between Mexican and
U.S. universities.
Mexico's federal government allocated an
unprecedented $42.9 million for these programs
during 2014-16. More than 100,000 Mexican
students - many of them from low income families -
came to the U.S. as full-time graduate students,
as single-semester researchers or in summer
programs designed to improve English
proficiency. These experiences changed the way
students (and their families) viewed their future
potential and, importantly these days, their opinion
about the United States was greatly improved.

Unfortunately, the U.S. public funds to support

these exchanges were more limited than the
investments made by Mexico. Private sector
sponsors, however, have worked with the U.S.
government to develop 32 academic projects with
Mexican universities, ranging from engineering,
physics, geology and health to environmental
sciences.

Building things together

While targeting such exchanges provides

opportunities to young scholars and promotes
cultural understanding, it can also produce better
educated workforces.

Mexico and the United States literally and

figuratively build things together, with pieces
crossing the border many times before a finished
product emerges. American parts and products
make up, on average, about 40 percent of the
value of a finished manufactured product from
Mexico. That's much more than the U.S. contributes
to other countries' manufacturing and positively
impacts U.S. jobs and profits.

The "fourth industrial revolution" is unfolding: digital

technologies are leading to faster and more complex
advances in practically all facets of life. Both
countries are going to need better equipped labor
forces to maintain this highly integrated production
network and to compete with others in the world.

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Important Reminder:

Winter 2017 California-

Mexico Dreamers
Study Abroad Program
DEADLINE TO APPLY IS THIS
FRIDAY JUNE 9

The CMSC is currently accepting applications

from DACA recipients to participate in our Winter
2017 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad
Program to study in the Mexico City-Cuernavaca
area from Dec. 22, 2017 to Jan. 14, 2018.

APPLICATION DEADLINE AND IMPORTANT

DATES:

Apply online by THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017

Submit a Personal Statement of Purpose
essay and 2 letters of recommendation
by JUNE 16, 2017
Attend an in-person or Skype interview
between JUNE 20-24, 2017, as scheduled by
CMSC Staff after you submit your application
and supporting documents.

For more information visit the application page

here or click on the button below:

Featured Video:

#UndocuTestimonies:
Kenia Duarte, a Dreamer,
shares her experience after
studying abroad in Mexico
Kenia Duarte, one of the 35 Dreamers that
participated in our Summer 2016 California-Mexico
Dreamers Study Abroad Program shares her
testimony and experience after being able to return
to her native Mexico after 19 years.

Watch this short video about her experience in

 regards to our program last year, and what she
thinks about the current participants of this year's
Summer and Winter 2017 programs:

Video produced by: Lidieth Arevalo for the California-Mexico

Studies Center, Inc.

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