Entre la comunidad y el mercado. Los ámbitos y usos de la tercera función sustantiva universitaria en México

Abstract

One hundred and ten years ago the Extension was instituted as the third substantive function of the National University of Mexico. Gradually, the Extension function was adopted by the Mexican public universities and Higher Education Institutions (IES), created throughout the 20th century, and also by some with private financing. At the end of the fourth decade of that century, it began to move away from its original purpose, consisting of sharing social support actions to communities, and move to offer society a diversity of sites (museums, galleries, exhibition halls), events (book fairs, film shows, concerts) and non-formal education (continuing education courses, art, music, dance, sports, etc.), forming over time a heterogeneous and difficult field for planning, operation, coordination, evaluation and theorization.