Democratic plurality within the Autonomous Public Universities in Mexico

Abstract

Given that proportionality improves the levels of democratic participation, since it guarantees the plurality of ideas and the inclusion of social groups, the objective of this research is to identify what are the percentages of democratic proportionality within the Autonomous Public Universities in Mexico, during the 2021-2022 school year? To achieve the above and, based on the literature, a questionnaire is conceived, sent to the Universities through the National Platform for Transparency and Access to Public Information, and the answers are subjected to descriptive statistical analysis, the methodology used collects, organizes and treats the information, applying the statistical mean. The results quantify the number of students who are part of the Universities, the percentage of men and women that make up the administrative and academic staff of the institution, the percentages of men and women reported with some disability and the percentages of administrative, academic and of the students who are part of the University Council, that is, the percentages of democratic proportionality within the Universities, in addition, in conclusion, the theoretical and practical contributions are highlighted, considering the importance of democratic construction within the universities that have autonomy to govern themselves, and finally, the limitations are presented and future lines of research are suggested.