Overview
- UNAM rector Leonardo Lomelí said university autonomy must be exercised and defended daily so knowledge is not subordinated to partisan or group interests.
- He warned that without autonomy, academic freedom weakens, research becomes vulnerable to outside pressures, and student formation risks following transient agendas over academic criteria.
- Lomelí underscored that autonomy is expressed through university governance, including collegial bodies, checks and balances, broad participation, and transparent selection processes.
- UASLP rector Alejandro Zermeño urged strengthening autonomy alongside capable oversight to build public trust and support institutional growth.
- Leaders emphasized inter‑university solidarity as a strategic necessity, with ANUIES and the federal audit office’s technical unit joining rectors from multiple public universities at the Diálogo Universitario.