VISITING CAMPUS: Amazing Mayaguez; Hard Science, High Retention, and Lots of Women

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | August 14, 1998| | Copyright

VISITING CAMPUS: Amazing Mayaguez; Hard Science, High Retention, and Lots of Women

Puerto Rico, an easternmost island of the greater Antilles, is well located to serve as an education bridge between Latin America and the United States. The island seized that challenge early this century and now enjoys a web of independent and public universities offering access to higher education. Tens of thousands have been trained in virtually every known academic discipline and profession.

Mayaguez: University of Puerto Rico

The publicly supported University of Puerto Rico, established in 1903, has ...

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