Max Weber Invented the Crisis of the Humanities More than 100 years old, his landmark essay is more relevant than ever. February 6, 2020 By PAUL REITTER and CHAD WELLMON In the summer of 1917, a group of university students in Munich invited Max Weber to launch a...
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¿Cuánto trabajan algunos académicos?
Should you be working 100 hours a week? Mary Beard’s recent admission that she is a ‘mug’ who works 100 hours a week caused a Twitter storm. But how hard is it reasonable for academics to work? Who should decide? And should the mugs be obliged to keep quiet? Seven...
Nuevas concepciones del PhD
The New Ph.D. Momentum grows to rewrite the rules of graduate training By Marc Parry February 16, 2020 PREMIUM (c) Meg Berkobien couldn’t do it anymore. She’d finished about three-quarters of a doctoral dissertation in comparative literature. Her advisers at the...
Pago de la deuda estudiantil en USA
Growing Federal Subsidies for Graduate Loan Debt Almost half of federal student loans are being repaid through more generous income-driven repayment plans, new data show, with 80 percent of government subsidies now going to graduate student borrowers. Almost half of...
¿Investigación interdisciplinaria?
Is interdisciplinary research really the best way to tackle global challenges? Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone the mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does the concept really mean? Will it really yield the insights it promises? And how best...
Barreras a la movilidad social en EEUU
The Barriers to Mobility Why Higher Ed’s Promise Remains Unfulfilled Kevin Van Aelst for The Chronicle December 31, 2019 By KARIN FISCHER For generations of Americans, higher education was a ladder — study hard and you could climb into the middle class. A college...
DIRECTIVOS universitarios de EEUU frente a desafíos del 2020
BRIEF 7 college presidents share their biggest challenges for 2020 We checked in with the execs who contributed columns for last year's President Speaks series to ask what hurdles they expect on their campus this year. Credit: Fotolia By Education Dive Staff Published...
Primarias en EEUU y propuestas demócratas para la educación superior
View as Webpage Higher Education and the Democratic Primaries, 2020 February 3rd 2020 - Alex Usher The Iowa caucuses take place south of the border tonight. The Democratic Primary has come down to four serious candidates – Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete...
Simon Marginson: Universidades británicas tras el Brexit
How should the UK position itself in the new geopolitics of higher education? With Brexit, we’re on the precipice of a new world order, but UK universities have first mover advantage if they act fast, says Simon Marginson January 30, 2020 By Simon Marginson Tomorrow...
Libertad de expresión de estudiantes Chinos en el exterior
Free Speech for Whom? The arrest and sentencing of a Chinese student at the University of Minnesota for tweets he posted while studying in the U.S. raise concerns about restrictions on Chinese students' speech. By Elizabeth Redden January 31, 2020 News that a...
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Debate sobre colegios emblemáticos: visión de directores de establecimientos
Las disímiles posturas de directores de colegios por la divulgación de los puntajes de la PAES Joaquín Barrientos, 05...
José Joaquín Brunner, los liceos emblemáticos cumplían un rol, “democratizaban sus élites”
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Debate sobre colegios emblemáticos: visión ministerial
PAES: Cataldo atribuye baja de liceos emblemáticos al acceso que abrió la ley de inclusión Por lo demás, el titular de...