The Physical Education Infrastructure Supported with the Multiple Contributions Fund of Technological and Polytechnic Universities in Mexico from 2000 to 2018

Abstract

This article describes the application of the Higher Education Multiple Contributions Fund for the Technological and Polytechnic Universities in Mexico from 2000 to 2018. This information was obtained from the Ministry of Public Education and from the General Office of Technological and Polytechnic Universities. The variables for this analysis were: the federal resource investments on physical infrastructure conducted for each fiscal year for the aforementioned period, and the evolution of enrolled students. A quantitative method was used, non-experimental, transactional, descriptive. The analysis universe was 179 universities from the technological and polytechnic universities. There was a comparison conducted of the resources invested in the Multiple Contributions Fund on infrastructure and the yearly enrolled students in the subsystem. Based on this information, this paper describes if there is a relationship between the increase of students enrolled and the authorization of federal resources for the Higher Education Multiple Contributions Fund. The results obtained in the years from 2000 to 2018 were taken into consideration where the number of students enrolled in universities increased by 851%, and the cost per student invested in the fund decreased - 88.04%. Results indicate that there is no relationship between the application of investment in education infrastructure and the evolution of enrolled students.