384: Higher Ed Globalization - with Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia, President of CETYS University

<p>We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, <a href="https://www.edupexperience.com/" target="_blank"><strong>The EdUp Experience</strong></a>!</p> <p>It’s YOUR time to #EdUp</p> <p>In this episode, President Series #133, YOUR guest is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoleongarcia/"><strong>Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia</strong></a>, President of <a href="https://www.cetys.mx/en/"><strong>CETYS University</strong></a> &amp; President-Elect of the&nbsp;International Association of University Presidents <strong>(</strong><a href="https://iaup.org/"><strong>IAUP</strong></a><strong>)</strong>, YOUR host is <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/joesallustio" target="_blank"><strong>Dr. Joe Sallustio</strong></a>, aka, THE Voice of Education, &amp; this is all brought to YOU by the 2021 World Innovation Summit for Education (<a href="https://www.wise-qatar.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>WISE</strong></a><strong>)!</strong></p> <p>Fernando discusses higher ed from a global perspective. Not only does champion the role of CETYS in Baja, California, &amp; other areas of Mexico, he also talks about why over 300 students from the U.S. have decided to study with CETYS. Fernando talks about the higher education-to-work connection &amp; why higher education still has extreme value for Mexicans (&amp; why higher ed is valued so highly internationally). He talks about his role as President-Elect for IAUP &amp; why considering higher education from the global perspective is critical to understand what the future of higher education will be.</p> <p>Dr. Leon-Garcia has been President of CETYS University since 2010, leading the institution to institutional &amp; program accreditation in the USA (<a href="https://www.wscuc.org/"><strong>WASC</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.acbsp.org/"><strong>ACBSP</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.abet.org/"><strong>ABET</strong></a>), &amp; one of the highest student mobility rates in Mexico. Prior to that, he served as Ch