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| Annual Report 2012 - 2013
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
ACADEMIC QUALITY
413,638 users. There were 5,403 ref-
erence services, and 3,025 students
attended the courses and workshops
offered.
To acknowledge his work as Head
of UDLAP´s libraries, Arturo Arrieta
Audiffred was named as a member
of the Springer´s Council of Advisors
of Academic Libraries for the period
2012-2015.
TUTORING
The Tutoring System continues to be strengthened,
meeting its purpose of supporting the academic
and personal development of the students, by con-
sidering issues like adapting to the University´s sys-
tem, reviewing special needs or requirements that
affect their academic output, or providing orien-
tation regarding programs, research projects, and
other decisions particular to their university career.
In the same manner, it provides support in academic
risk situations and advice to iden-
tify strengths and weaknesses,
promoting a greater association
between the students and UDLAP.
These results are reflected in a
15% reduction of the number of
licenciatura students dropping
out in Fall 2012, compared to Fall
2011. Tutoring and other academic
actionsresultedinastudentreten-
tion rate of 95% in Fall 2012.
OUR STUDENTS
With 6,000 full time and 1,200 dis-
tance education students, we con-
tinue to update our academic offer in
class and online, aiming to satisfy the
needs of the country and the interna-
tional community.
A proof of the solidity of our academic
programs is the annual increase in the
number of new students in the last two cycles: 14%
in the Fall of 2012 and 39% in the Spring of 2013. With
these numbers, at the beginning of the last period the
expected licenciatura admissions were 35% above
target. In that same period, the target for new gradu-
ate students was surpassed by 80%.
student
retention
rate
in bibliographic
resources
An investment of
9.0
million pesos
