According to this week’s statement by National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Rector José Narro Robles, Mexicans’ access to higher education is among the lowest in the Americas. Just 30% of young adults in Mexico have any hope of entering a bachelor’s degree program, four points below the Latin American average and less than half of Argentina’s 67%. Three quarters of Virgin Island youth have access to education, while 64% of Uruguayans and 52% of Venezuelans do. The situation is unfortunate, said Narro, especially considering that other countries with the same economic woes as Mexico–such as Greece, where 91% of youth have access to university–have invested more in education. Narro has called on lawmakers and authorities to implement public policies that favor higher-education development, noting that students needed more preparation, starting from elementary school. Source: The News [Mexico]