A new generation of global Hispanic professionals is rising, ready to navigate the world and steer their futures, armed with the advantage of innovative and transformative higher education experiences.
As the leading universities around the world respond to the challenge of globalization in the age of technology, more Hispanic students can gain state-of-the-art knowledge, cultural intelligence and international capabilities by researching the options within their reach and identifying higher learning institutions that are effectively preparing students for global competitiveness, particularly in engineering, business and entrepreneurship.
In today’s globalized world, a consolidated Ibero-American approach to higher education enormously increases the value of our shared Hispanic cultural currency. By thinking across borders, Hispanics in North America and across the Americas are poised to help lift the economic outlook of their competitive blocs while simultaneously improving their own overall employability and salary outlook.
That paradigm shift is already underway, particularly at forward-thinking institutions that see transnational dynamic exchange as a strategic investment in the future.
This new vision is particularly important for Latinos and others in the United States because it expands their global potential. It is producing individuals with the informed international perspectives, language capabilities, entrepreneurial skills and the global mobility necessary to address specific opportunities created by economic clusters in our region and beyond.
I recently attended the Times Higher Education Latin American Universities Summit in Bogota, Colombia, where I spoke about why internationalization is essential for institutions. It was an opportunity to talk about my own experience at the CETYS University System in Baja California, Mexico, and offer it as one example of the benefits of a global approach.
Baja California is strategically located to access global markets in the Pacific Rim and acts as a gateway to the emerging Latin American markets. As a result, our geographic position, cross-border dynamics, bilingualism and mobility are inherent to our cultural heritage and build on our economic synergies, creating a natural affinity to all things international.
