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{{Short description|English-speaking college in Mexico (1940–1985)}} |
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[[Image:SheepskinDiploma.jpg|right|thumb|Diploma from Mexico City College, 1948 (in Latin)]] |
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'''Mexico City College''' was founded in 1940, as an English |
'''Mexico City College''' was founded in 1940, as an English-speaking [[junior college]] in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]. |
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In 1946 the college |
In 1946, the college became a four-year [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree-awarding institution, changing its name to '''University of the Americas''' in 1963. In 1968, the college became '''''Universidad de las Americas''''', as it began the transition into a Spanish-speaking institution, culminating in its move to [[Cholula, Puebla]], in 1971. |
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Because of |
Because of internal problems, the campus split in 1985 into two separate institutions: |
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*UDLA |
*UDLA – [[Universidad de las Américas, A.C.]], in Mexico City, Mexico. |
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*UDLAP |
*UDLAP – [[Universidad de las Américas Puebla]], in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. |
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==Alumni== |
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Unfortunately the UDLAP websites about MCC ''exalumnos'' are usually offline, UDLA does not have an [[alumni]] website, but a [[Yahoo!]] group has a handful of former MCCers who frequently chat about MCC and are managing to keep its history alive. |
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{{maincat|Mexico City College alumni}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*Richard Wilkie, "[http://www.profmex.org/mexicoandtheworld/volume11/4fall06/mccchap_final.htm Dangerous Journeys: Mexico City College Students and the Mexican Landscape, 1954-1962]," in Bloom (2006), ''[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780742537446 Adventures into Mexico: American Tourism beyond the Border]''. |
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*[http://www.mexicocitycollege.com/ |
*[http://www.mexicocitycollege.com/index.html The Mexico City College Story:The History 1940-1963 ] |
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*[http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/mexicocitycollege/ |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120615000000*/http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/mexicocitycollege/ Yahoo! group of Mexico City College alumni (Wayback machine)] |
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*[http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/udlapueblamexico/ Yahoo! group of MCC/UDLAP students & alumni] |
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*[http://www.udlap.mx University of the Americas - Puebla] |
*[http://www.udlap.mx University of the Americas - Puebla] |
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*[http://www.udla.mx University of the Americas - Mexico City] |
*[http://www.udla.mx University of the Americas - Mexico City] |
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[[Category:Universities in Mexico City]] |
[[Category:Universities in Mexico City]] |
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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1940]] |
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[[Category:1940 establishments in Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Junior colleges]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 27 May 2024
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Mexico City College was founded in 1940, as an English-speaking junior college in Mexico City, Mexico.
In 1946, the college became a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree-awarding institution, changing its name to University of the Americas in 1963. In 1968, the college became Universidad de las Americas, as it began the transition into a Spanish-speaking institution, culminating in its move to Cholula, Puebla, in 1971.
Because of internal problems, the campus split in 1985 into two separate institutions:
- UDLA – Universidad de las Américas, A.C., in Mexico City, Mexico.
- UDLAP – Universidad de las Américas Puebla, in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
Alumni
[edit]References
[edit]- Richard Wilkie, "Dangerous Journeys: Mexico City College Students and the Mexican Landscape, 1954-1962," in Bloom (2006), Adventures into Mexico: American Tourism beyond the Border.
- The Mexico City College Story:The History 1940-1963
- Yahoo! group of Mexico City College alumni (Wayback machine)
- University of the Americas - Puebla
- University of the Americas - Mexico City
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