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Sobre el valor de la educación superior
How to Sway Higher Ed’s Skeptics By Peter Salovey FEBRUARY 27, 2018 Many Americans today are skeptical about the value of higher education. Last summer, a study from the Pew Research Center found that only 55 percent of Americans say that colleges "have a positive...
Condiciones de salud y aprendizaje
Is physical health linked to better learning? - February 21, 2018 by Tracey Burns Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Mahatma Gandhi once said: "it is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver". And indeed, our physical well-being...
Profesores: horas de enseñanza en aula
How primary and secondary teachers differ and why it matters - February 01, 2018 by Marie-Helene Doumet, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Learning needs vary as we evolve through life. The early years of education set the stage for children’s...
¿Muerte de las humanidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW There Is No Case for the Humanities And deep down we know our justifications for it are hollow By Justin Stover MARCH 04, 2018 This essay originally appeared in American Affairs. The humanities are not just dying — they are almost dead. In...
Escuelas de Negocios, ¿deben estar en las universidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW Business Schools Have No Business in the University By Steven Conn FEBRUARY 20, 2018 PREMIUM When my history department colleagues and I gather for our monthly faculty meeting, we assemble in a slightly cramped seminar room and deposit ourselves...
Carta de ex rector UCH: Legado para universidades estatales
SEÑOR DIRECTOR Establecer un “nuevo trato” entre el Estado y sus universidades era parte del programa del actual gobierno de la Presidenta Bachelet, algo que la Universidad de Chile venía reclamando desde el retorno a la democracia para reparar el daño institucional,...
The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ Molly Worthen FEB. 23, 2018 I teach at a big state university, and I often receive emails from software companies offering to help me do a basic part of my job: figuring out what my students have learned. If you...
El efecto a Bill Gates en la educación superior
The Gates Effect The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. Terry Crosgrove, who works in an Ohio plant that makes Slim Jims, is studying for an associate degree...
Trump propone armar a los colegios
Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, FEB. 22, 2018, NEW YOTK TIMES To deter school shootings, President Trump supported the idea of giving teachers bonuses if they agree to carry guns in the classroom. By THE...
Elección de estudios en EEUU
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College By Julian Wyllie FEBRUARY 13, 2018 seb_ra/iStock What happens when a high-school student from a low-income family wants to attend a private college 100 miles away, but has a parent whispering in her ear to look...
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