Are We Out of Ideas? I was prepping yesterday for my podcast interview with Australian higher education expert Andrew Norton on the subject of the Australian Universities’ Accord (watch for it a week tomorrow) and while reading the report—which is a competent one, as...
Australia: Avance de la burocracia universitaria intermedia
Explosion of middle managers ‘ruining university life’ The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ‘produce the value’, Australian symposium hears John Ross, September 15, 2023 A Kafkaesque instinct for bureaucratic...
Australia: Ética proyectos de humanidades
Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants Jack Grove, January 10, 2022 Dozens of Australia’s leading...
Australia: Aranceles y elección de carreras
View as Webpage Two New Data Points on the Effects of Tuition Fees April 29th, 2021 - Alex Usher Over the past two decades, tuition rises in Canada have been relatively low: on average, we consistently see rises of about 1-2% above inflation, with almost no sudden...
Universidades australianas: repensarse tras la pandemia
Rethink how you do everything, Australian universities urged Reassessing operations through an institutional mission lens will prove more palatable than business-driven decisions, says ex-Adelaide boss January 14, 2021 John Ross Australian universities have been urged...
Australia: Cambios al esquema de créditos estudiantiles
Australian ministers' radical fee reform creates storm of uncertainty Different scenarios for legislative progress force universities to plan for range of outcomes John Ross, August 20, 20201 The uncertainty facing Australian universities’ planning departments is...
Planificación universitaria frente a la crisis
‘Classic risk management tools’ helped protect the University of Tasmania, says its former management consultant boss May 19, 2020 By John Ross Consultancy contracts have been among the first expenses jettisoned as Australian universities face massive revenue...
Consultas antes de definir políticas: Inglaterra y Australia
How to Make Policy February 12th 2020 - Alex Usher Take a ride with me. First stop, London, England. UK university funding is handled by an intermediate institution known as the Office for Students (OfS). The Government decides on the amount of money it wants to spend...
Reforma al financiamiento de universidades australianas
Piecemeal Australian reforms ‘could cost more than they save’ Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (£11.3 million) but cost A$19 million January 11, 2019 By John Ross Experts have warned that piecemeal reforms to Australian...
Australia: Nexo entre docencia e investigación
Call for creation of teaching-focused universities in Australia Consultants argue Humboldtian ideal of research-informed teaching ‘shackles’ institutions into uniformity October 23, 2018; by John Ross Australian universities are “shackled” into uniformity by a...
Libertad académica y cancelación de los valores que la hacen posible
By imposing silence, universities betray their mission Jamil Salmi , emeritus professor of higher education policy at...
Columna de Bernardo Lara: Argumento promedio
Argumento promedio Bernardo Lara, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 27 ABR 2024 09:44 AM La gran expansión...
Qué piensa (o no) la derecha
Qué piensa (o no) la derecha "¿Qué políticas positivas ofrecen las derechas? ". José Joaquín Brunner,Viernes 26 de...
Una mirada a la calidad de los doctorados chilenos
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