May 6, 2005

In Mexico, an Explosion of Private Universities Serves an Eager Market

By MARION LLOYD

A new campus rises almost every week, but critics worry that some may be 'junk universities'

With its endless expanse of bleak, cinder-block tenements, this city north of the Mexican capital seems an unlikely setting for a business success story.

But within days of opening a new campus here in 2002, the privately run Technological University of Mexico was mobbed with more than 2,000 applicants. The reason: It offered a mix of practical, job-oriented education and brand

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