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...
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¿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...
Jornada laboral académica
WORKING HOURS JANUARY 29, 2020 | ALEX USHER I was intrigued to read this story in the Times Higher Education about Dutch academics complaining about having to work “structural unpaid overtime” of 12-15 hours per week, which this report says is 36% above their regular...
Ranking THE de universidades más internacionalizadas en el mundo
LATEST RANKINGS Most international universities in the world Explore the most international universities in the world using data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings January 28 2020 Universities, by their nature, are global institutions....
Educación superior en el Asia
View as Webpage Silliness About Asian Higher Education January 21st 2020 - Alex Usher For the last decade or so, “the rise of Asia” has been a common refrain. It alludes to the region’s economic rise (which is undeniable) but then goes on to equate the region’s higher...
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La encuesta anti-DEI de Trump mirada desde Australia
La encuesta anti-DEI de Trump: Es hora de repensar nuestro sistema de investigación Brendan Walker-Munro, 17 de marzo...
¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?
¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?: Mario Alarcón y José Joaquín Brunner Marzo/25 Mario Alarcón (profesor de la U....
Las instituciones tienen que preocuparse de su propia sostenibilidad económica
José Joaquín Brunner plantea que las instituciones tienen que preocuparse de su propia sostenibilidad económica...
Paris: difícil situación de colegios
Aulas llenas con alumnos de cursos diferentes: el ‘efecto Airbnb’ y la caída demográfica precarizan las escuelas del...