DESIGNING STUDENT AID PROGRAMS FROM SCRATCH (1) DECEMBER 2, 2019 | ALEX USHER Over the years, I have concluded that one of the reasons policy debate can be so stifling is we’re usually debating options within existing policy parameters: that is, “fixes” to existing...
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¿Suprimir el pago de aranceles?
Governments need to think carefully about eliminating tuition fees The Labour Party in the UK, like the Democrats in the US, hopes to be elected on a policy of abolishing student fees. Roger Smyth draws on the experience of New Zealand to challenge the rationale for...
Acceso a la educación superior en países nórdicos
View as Webpage Nordic Student Aid, Nordic Access November 20th, 2019 - Alex Usher A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a little bit about Nordic countries and some of the trade-offs they consider in order to keep tuition fees at zero when public funding is under stress. I...
Estudiantes y las tribus disciplinarias
View as Webpage Best of-Student Stereotypes in Four Graphs October 11th, 2019 - Alex Usher A steady travel itinerary has limited Alex's writing time, so we present this "Best of," from 2012, drawing on HESA's CanEd Student Research Panel. While some findings might be...
Más formación general
Más formación general Señor Director: Don Arsenio Fernández Calatayud, gerente general de SNA Educa, en su carta del 1 de octubre responde a mi propuesta de aumentar las horas de formación general para los colegios de modalidad técnico-profesional, diciendo que...
Del adoctrinamiento a la censura educativa
Del adoctrinamiento a la censura educativa La derecha utiliza unos argumentos muy peligrosos para el sistema educativo, cuestionando no simplemente la libertad de cátedra sino la profesionalidad de los docentes María Luz Martínez Seijo es secretaria de Educación y...
Formación técnico profesional en España y Europa
España casi duplica los alumnos de FP en 10 años, pero sigue por debajo de la media de la OCDE El curso arranca con más de 23.000 nuevos estudiantes en Formación Profesional. El 12% se decanta por esa rama, frente al 26% en los países de la organización ANA TORRES...
Libro reciente: Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least?
Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least? By Tara Westover THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST How College Makes or Breaks Us By Paul Tough I am — to capitulate fully to the nomenclature — a “first gen,” meaning a first-generation college graduate. For me, as for...
Costo de las universidades: qué y cómo calcular
Managing Class Sizes (Part 1) September 18th, 2019 - Alex Usher One of the things that many people misunderstand about higher education is the way the economics of classrooms actually work; in particular about the relationship between enrolments, teaching complements,...
¿Por qué no la gratuidad? Una reflexión desde USA
Free Public College Is a Terrible Idea By Brian Rosenberg SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 PREMIUM Now that the race for the Democratic nomination for president is becoming more serious, it is time to take an equally serious look at the proposal for tuition-free public college...
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Aumento de cobertura en educación superior
Columnistas Viernes 02 de febrero de 2024 Aumento de cobertura en educación superior: ¿expectativas frustradas? Harald...
Ideas triunfantes o derrotadas
Ideas triunfantes o derrotadas "¿Qué ideas predominan hoy en, sobre y a través de la política? Difícil discernirlo"....
Elecciones de gobiernos 2024 y papel de la educación superior
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Noruega: Auge de la filosofía, las humanidades y la interdiscipliba
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