El poder del conocimiento Javier Martínez Aldanondo Socio Cultura de Aprendizaje de Knowledge Works [email protected] y [email protected] www.javiermartinezaldanondo.com Twitter: @javitomar El ajetreo de las últimas semanas me ha impedido...
Rectores españoles: “El ascensor social de la Universidad está en peligro”
UNIVERSIDADES Alerta de los rectores: “El ascensor social de la Universidad está en peligro” La educación superior arranca el curso criticando un mercado laboral que “obliga a los jóvenes a buscar empleo en el extranjero” SONIA VIZOSO A Coruña 30 SEP 2019 - 18:22 CEST...
El valor del pregrado: estudio en los EEUU
Assessing the Value of an Undergrad Degree A new study from Academically Adrift's co-author seeks to evaluate a broad range of student experiences and outcomes as well as new ways to measure learning. By Lilah Burke September 27, 2019 3 COMMENTS...
El debate sobre la meritocracia y la educación superior
Does meritocracy stall social mobility, entrench an undeserving elite, and undermine trust in higher education? Joan Wong for The Chronicle September 13, 2019 That seems to be the emerging bipartisan consensus. “On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up...
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,...
Francia: ¿la reforma Macron de las grandes escuelas?
Will Macron’s move against his alma mater make France’s HE system fairer? France’s president responded to the gilets jaunesmovement with a surprise plan to abolish the grande école ENA, reigniting debate about the country’s intensely hierarchical higher education...
Canadá: Agenda de política universitaria / de investigación
Honing the University Party's Growth Agenda September 16th, 2019 - Alex Usher It’s election season, and so everyone is trotting out promises and coming up with manifestos. These manifestos are lists of specific promised policy initiatives, but they are also –...
La economía como disciplina: encrucijadas
The Economists' New Clothes? With economists struggling to derive credible explanations of macroeconomic conditions from the prevailing models, those who have long criticized the discipline for its scientific pretensions are feeling vindicated. And it remains to be...
Eric Posner, Libros recientes sobre meritocracia en USA
The Meritocracy Muddle Sep 13, 2019 ERIC POSNER Populist resentment against "elites" is a recurring feature of modern democracy, owing to the fact that popular sovereignty is at odds with the careful management of increasingly complex economies. But what causes public...
Media Lab del MIT: Fantasía y realidad
Hype vs. Reality at the MIT Media Lab By Nell Gluckman September 11, 2019 Cambridge, Mass. It was a validating moment for Caleb Harper. Norman Foster, the renowned architect who designed Apple’s circular headquarters, had come to the Massachusetts Institute of...
Inversión, acceso y aprendizaje
Inversión, acceso y aprendizaje: el equilibrio necesario para una educación de calidad ¿Qué tienen en común los...
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Novelas de campus universitarios
Five of the best campus novels Donna Tartt’s cult tale of toxic friendship, John Williams’s anti-campus must-read and...
¿Será posible?
¿Será posible? "El actual clima político favorece a líderes integradores y moderados" José Joaquín Brunner, Viernes 23...