Abstract
It is impossible to overlook the evident
institutional, economic, and political gap
surrounding scientific reforms when
comparing Mexico with its northern
neighbor. This gap does not trigger a war,
but it does generate an educational
dependency, expressed in the country’s
universities’ inability to achieve top-tier
research with solid federal support. As a
result, professionals leave the country in
search of opportunities they cannot find at
home, due to the lack of sufficient
institutional backing, as illustrated in the case
described. In addition, statistical data will be
presented to demonstrate the urgent need
for a stronger higher education system, one
in which science and technology advance
autonomously, supported by high-quality
international collaboration rather than
dependence. This has repercussions not only
on the country’s social development, but also
on the training of the Mexican physician as a
scientist-humanist, particularly in the context
of declining public investment in education
and research, as discussed throughout the
text.