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...
Crisis por venir en universidades latinoamericanas según THE
Latin American universities ‘facing greatest crisis in decades’ Survey of academics in region finds widespread predictions of enrolment decline, budget cuts and concerns over lack of preparation for online education June 2, 2020 By Ellie Bothwell The vast majority of...
Financiamiento de universidades en tiempos de Covid-19
COMPARATIVE BAILOUTS MAY 5, 2020 | ALEX USHER Following yesterday’s discussion re: how we might want to ask for money, I thought it would be useful to look at how other national governments are responding to post-secondary pleas for help. For obvious reasons, the...
“Pese a las anomalías, la PSU es perfectamente válida”
José Joaquín Brunner: “Pese a las anomalías, la PSU es perfectamente válida” Juan Manuel Ojeda HACE 15 HORAS El sociólogo, investigador y académico de la UDP analiza el accidentado proceso de rendición de la prueba y dice que “el desastre pudo haber sido mucho mayor y...
Pago de la deuda estudiantil en USA
Growing Federal Subsidies for Graduate Loan Debt Almost half of federal student loans are being repaid through more generous income-driven repayment plans, new data show, with 80 percent of government subsidies now going to graduate student borrowers. Almost half of...
Primarias en EEUU y propuestas demócratas para la educación superior
View as Webpage Higher Education and the Democratic Primaries, 2020 February 3rd 2020 - Alex Usher The Iowa caucuses take place south of the border tonight. The Democratic Primary has come down to four serious candidates – Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete...
Serie de 4 artículos de Alex Usher sobre créditos estudiantiles
DESIGNING STUDENT AID PROGRAMS FROM SCRATCH (1) DECEMBER 2, 2019 | ALEX USHER Over the years, I have concluded that one of the reasons policy debate can be so stifling is we’re usually debating options within existing policy parameters: that is, “fixes” to existing...
EEUU: Gratuidad o becas en plataformas electorales de candidatos presidenciales
The Moderates' Alternative to Free College Joe Biden becomes latest Democratic presidential hopeful to call for huge increases in the federal Pell Grant program instead of free college policies favored by standard bearers on the left. By Andrew Kreighbaum, October 9,...
Alex Usher sobre deuda y aranceles
View as Webpage A New(ish) Argument About Debt and Tuition June 11th, 2019 - Alex Usher As I am starting to sketch out the bones of my next book, (semi-serious working title: How Tuition Fees Will Save the World ) , I am collecting arguments about the nature and...
La oposición frente al crédito estudiantil
Salvataje a la gratuidad: senadores de oposición le rayan la cancha a Cubillos y piden modificar el “CAE 2.0” para aprobar idea de legislar por Macarena Segovia 9 abril, 2019 A través de un documento (asimismo, ver al final) que será firmado por todos los senadores y...
Instituto Nacional y el estado del debate en la Red
Alumnos del Instituto Nacional han perdido un mes y medio de clases este año por suspensiones Dirección de Educación...
Australia: necesidad de repensar la educación superior
Accord a missed opportunity, says departing Melbourne v-c ‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it,...
Informe sobre Salud Financiera de la Educación Superior en Chile
Superintendencia presenta segundo informe sobre Salud Financiera de la Educación Superior en Chile PPT presentación...
Batalla por escándalos, medios de comunicación y élites políticas
Batalla por escándalos, medios de comunicación y élites políticas Los grupos dirigentes, de un lado y del otro, se...