De la Universalidad a la Interculturalidad: Límites y Contradicciones de la Educación Superior Mexicana Tras la Reforma de 2011

This article analyzes the paradigmatic transition in the Mexican higher education system following the 2011 Constitutional Reform on human rights. Despite the legal recognition of pluriculturality, Public Universities (HEIs) maintain monocultural structures operating under a logic of abstract universality, leading to processes of exclusion and forced assimilation. Through an interdisciplinary qualitative analysis integrating Law as a cultural phenomenon, critical sociology, and political linguistics, the phenomenon of "glottophagy" and academic standardization are examined as barriers to substantive equity. Methodologically, the study employed a critical-discursive analysis of institutional documents from five state universities in West-Central Mexico, processed via ATLAS.ti v.23. The findings reveal a persistent gap between the constitutional mandate and institutional praxis, where linguistic hegemony and market-driven globalization suppress indigenous ontologies. The study identifies a void in the literature regarding the institutional operability of post-reform interculturality. Results suggest that statistical inclusion does not guarantee social justice unless accompanied by profound curricular and linguistic reform.