I was there with the "Medio million a la universidad" and the "5% a la universidad." Yes it took me longer to graduate because of all the riots and closings but a found all my profesors well prepared. I majored in accounting and some of the profesors worked for Price and Waterhouse, others were the head of the accounting dept. of ther primary job. I had other profesors that were writers in newspapers and so on. Others also worked for the UNPHU.
Was I lucky? Has things changed?
In my time, tuition was $15.00 (pesos) per semester but for my good grades (average 85% and up) most of my tuition were waived.
In my class some came from the campo with no money, to sleep on some relative's floor, apply for the 40 pesos grant the UASD gave to some students and then after they make friends they rent a room in a patio. (4 or 5 sleeping on the floor)
The UASD offered lunch for 50 cents and I think breakfast and dinner for 25 cents and free bus transportation on weekdays. One of my friends used to say "Now I know people can survive on guineo and milk shake", because with no stove to cook that was the only thing he was eating on weekends.
Accounting books we had to buy but we that could afford the books shared the books with the poorest, the other subjects the professors were so understandable of the economic situation of the students that they brought copies of the important factor for the day for all the students and we had to write a lot.
A lot is being said about the UASD but I was well prepared and most of the students as soon as they felt comfortable to work as a bookkeeper, they went for it. No laziness. Now they are accountants, auditors, financial advisers in unthinkable companies or have their own companies.
I cannot complain about the UASD (only that it took me more time to graduate). We study hard, very hard and we earned our degree.