Empire of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China with William C. Kirby The history of the research university is a much-discussed thing. Fundamentally, these histories tend to focus on two countries: Germany, where it all began in 1810...
Universidades chinas en comparación con Canadá
MAY 27, 2024 | ALEX USHER A China Update If you’ve been reading this bog for a while, you’ll know that I occasionally keep tabs on what’s going on at some of China’s top universities. I haven’t done it in a couple of years or so, so I thought it was time for an...
Caída de tasas de retorno a la educación superior en China
Data shows lifetime financial returns from HE are falling Yojana Sharma 18 January 2024 With a huge rise in school completion and enrolment in higher education over the past few decades, China’s population is better educated than ever before. But a new study on the...
Política de aranceles en China
China’s tuition fee hikes ‘could foreshadow’ marketised HE system Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree’ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says Pola Lem Jing Liu, October 10, 2023 Universities across China are raising...
CHINA: oferta o demanda de educación superior
China’s tuition fee hikes ‘could foreshadow’ marketised HE system Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young people from pursuing a degree’ to stem graduate unemployment, researcher says October 10, 2023 Pola Lem Jing Liu Universities across China are raising...
Burocracia de nivel intermedio en una universidad china
Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University Hello everyone. I’m Alex Usher and this is the World of Higher Education Podcast. One of the hardest things in comparative international higher education studies is getting a sense of how other countries'...
China: dilema de los graduados
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship. By Li Yuan Published May 30,...
China discute política de aranceles para estudiantes extranjeros
China considers international fee rises ‘in line’ with the West Proposed fee hike would signal shift away from generous state funding to ‘joining the club’ and using overseas students for income generation, scholars say June 5, 2023 Pola Lem A proposal to...
Una lectura del Chat GPT desde China
Xu Jilin on ChatGPT Xu Jilin, “A Discussion: Does ChatGPT Signal the Birth of a New World, on the Beginning of the End?”[1] Introduction and Translation by David Ownby, Blog "Reading the China Dream". This web site is devoted to the subject of intellectual life in...
Tutorías privadas en China
Crónica sobre la guerra de Xi Jinping contra las clases particulares: año II Los esfuerzos del Gobierno chino para acabar con las tutorías privadas chocan con los intereses de las familias y de los propios funcionarios que deben hacer cumplir la medida Alumnos de un...
El trumpismo como metáfora: reflexión sobre el fin de la democracia liberal
El trumpismo como metáfora: reflexión sobre el fin de la democracia liberal La novedad actual consiste en que, de...
Trump y la ciencia
Trump’s anti-science appointees ‘drive demonisation of scholars’ With vaccine sceptics taking top White House posts,...
Universidades españolas en comparación
Razones para apostar por la Universidad La comparación con los países vecinos nos deja mal parados: España ocupa la...
Premios Nobel de 2024 y visiones de mundo
What do the 2024 Nobel prizes tell us about human society? Philip G Altbach and Tessa DeLaquil , 28 October 2024 The...