How to Fund (1) Posted on February 14, 2017 by Alex Usher Over the next three days, I want to talk about funding formulas. I know I did this a couple of years ago, at the start of the Ontario funding formula review exercise (see here, here, and here, but it’s...
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Gratuidad en perspectiva comparada: USA, Canadá y Chile
New York, New York Posted on February 8, 2017 by Alex Usher With the Republicans in control of both Congress and the White house for at least the next two years, the fight for “free tuition” is moving to the state level. And so to New York, where Governor Cuomo has...
Datos de empleabilidad de graduados en Canadá (2)
Another Lens on Bleak Graduate Income Data Posted on January 17, 2017 by Alex Usher So, yesterday we looked at Ontario university graduate employment data (link to: previous). Today I want to zero in a little bit on what’s happening by field of study. (I can hear...
Usher: por qué estudiantes eligen una universidad
Persuading High School Students November 23, 2016, Alex Usher Over the years, a lot of people have surveyed incoming university students to find out why they chose a particular institution. Most of these surveys contain a battery of questions about influencers: i.e....
Educación superior y crecimiento económico: Una visión realista
The Economic Growth Imperative Posted on May 8, 2015 by Alex Usher A quick note: the OTTSYD will be on brief hiatus next week, as I’ll be in Japan and won’t have regular access to my computer. Not to worry, though, we’ll pick back up on the 18th. Anyways: I was asked...
Horas de trabajo: ¿dentro/fuera de la oficina en la academia?
Offices Posted on February 24, 2015 by Alex Usher Here’s a stat I’d really like to see: how much time do professors spend in their offices? There’s been an enormous shift in the way people work over the past thirty years. Digitization of documents and the...
Curso avanzado sobre costos universitarios de Alex Usher
Entre los días 19 y 23 de enero de 2015, Alex Usher publica en su blog académico un pequeño curso elemental, en Chile sería avanzado, sobre economía de la sala de clase (universitaria) según lo llama él. Sin duda, un aporte directo para el debate que comenzará a la...
Más sobre Ranking THE
Those Times Higher Education World Rankings (2013-14 Edition) Posted on October 4, 2013 by Alex Usher So, yesterday saw the release of the latest round of the THE rankings. They were a bit of a damp squib, and not just for Canadian schools (which really didn’t move...
Rankings: cómo cambiar y mejorar
Dos breves reflexiones de A. Usher sobre los rankings universitarios aparecidos ayer y hoy en el Blog de HESA. Rankings Touchiness (Part 1) Posted on February 5, 2013 by Alex Usher The last decade or so has seen a lot of brouhaha about rankings, especially...
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