University Social Responsibility Advancement in Mexico’s Higher Education Institutions: A Comparative Study

Abstract

In recent times, the importance of the responsibility of universities has been highlighted. The objectives of the research focused on making a diagnosis of the progress in the transversal management of University Social Responsibility (RSU) in Higher Education Institutions (IES), 2 public ones, the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (UACH), and University of Colima (UCol); and 2 private ones, the Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM); and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Monterrey campus, to compare the performance in RSU of the same and to identify good practices of RSU. The nature of the research was quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental and transectional. The method was based on a 2019 random survey of 201 university executives. A measurement instrument was applied that divides the RSU macrovariable into 4 areas of action and 12 compliance goals. The stated objectives were met and it was found that the level of RSU progress in ITESM was 3.27, in UDEM it was 4.24, in UCol it was 3.52, and in UACH it was 2.78.