Why access to quality early childhood education and care is a key driver of women’s labour market participation - March 08, 2018 by Eric Charbonnier, Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills We are in 1961. JF Kennedy is president and has just designated...
Proyecto para el crédito estudiantil
MINISTRO EYZAGUIRRE PRESENTÓ PROYECTO DE CRÉDITO ESTATAL PARA LA EDUCACIÓN El titular de Hacienda explicó que el nuevo crédito cubrirá el costo total de las carreras, con lo que ya no existirá brecha que los estudiantes o las familias deban financiar con créditos...
Usher sobre robots y educación superior
Robot-Proof March 1st, 2018 - Alex Usher If you're looking for a book that is not too heavy, analyzes how changing technologies impacts skills, and does a great job of sketching out some possible attractive responses from higher education institutions: have I got a...
Sobre el valor de la educación superior
How to Sway Higher Ed’s Skeptics By Peter Salovey FEBRUARY 27, 2018 Many Americans today are skeptical about the value of higher education. Last summer, a study from the Pew Research Center found that only 55 percent of Americans say that colleges "have a positive...
Profesores: horas de enseñanza en aula
How primary and secondary teachers differ and why it matters - February 01, 2018 by Marie-Helene Doumet, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Learning needs vary as we evolve through life. The early years of education set the stage for children’s...
¿Muerte de las humanidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW There Is No Case for the Humanities And deep down we know our justifications for it are hollow By Justin Stover MARCH 04, 2018 This essay originally appeared in American Affairs. The humanities are not just dying — they are almost dead. In...
Escuelas de Negocios, ¿deben estar en las universidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW Business Schools Have No Business in the University By Steven Conn FEBRUARY 20, 2018 PREMIUM When my history department colleagues and I gather for our monthly faculty meeting, we assemble in a slightly cramped seminar room and deposit ourselves...
The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ Molly Worthen FEB. 23, 2018 I teach at a big state university, and I often receive emails from software companies offering to help me do a basic part of my job: figuring out what my students have learned. If you...
El efecto a Bill Gates en la educación superior
The Gates Effect The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. Terry Crosgrove, who works in an Ohio plant that makes Slim Jims, is studying for an associate degree...
Elección de estudios en EEUU
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College By Julian Wyllie FEBRUARY 13, 2018 seb_ra/iStock What happens when a high-school student from a low-income family wants to attend a private college 100 miles away, but has a parent whispering in her ear to look...
“Si la elección fuese hoy, voto blanco”
José Joaquín Brunner: “Si la elección fuese hoy, voto blanco” Disconforme con el resultado por haber repetido el error...
Dos visiones amigables sobre la crisis SLEP
Gonzalo Muñoz (RD): “Si priorizar recursos para la desmunicipalización implica postergar otras reformas, habrá que...
Mary Beard y los emperadores romanos
‘Emperador de Roma’, de Mary Beard: vida pública y secretos privados de los gobernantes que fueron mortales y dioses...
conflicto entre Israel y Hamás en las universidades de Estados Unidos
El conflicto entre Israel y Hamás atiza la crispación en las universidades de Estados Unidos La guerra en Oriente...