For College Finances, There’s No ‘Return to Normal’ - The critical problems facing higher education won’t end with the pandemic. By Mark S. LeClair, professor of economics at Fairfield University. JUNE 15, 2021 Higher ed is in trouble. It faces a demographic crunch in...
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Australia: Aranceles y elección de carreras
View as Webpage Two New Data Points on the Effects of Tuition Fees April 29th, 2021 - Alex Usher Over the past two decades, tuition rises in Canada have been relatively low: on average, we consistently see rises of about 1-2% above inflation, with almost no sudden...
Alex Usher: Debate sobre deuda de créditos estudiantiles en USA
View as Webpage The US Student Debt Cancellation Debate November 19th, 2020 - Alex Usher If you follow US policy debates at all, you will probably over the last couple of years have noticed that the idea of student debt cancellation has become a totem of the...
Australia: Cambios al esquema de créditos estudiantiles
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...
Revista PEL – Pensamiento Educativo
Volumen 63, Núm. 1 Publicado abril 22, 2026 Descripción de la publicación El número 63(1) aborda diversas...
Crisis de fondo y violencia escolar: cuando los adultos abandonan su puesto
Por José Joaquín Brunner, Director doctorado en Educación Superior UDP, 22 de abril de 2026 El autor de esta columna...
Los días de la ira: violencia escolar, pánico moral y confrontación política
Las soluciones eficaces a la violencia escolar requieren inversión constante, políticas públicas basadas en evidencia...
Restricciones de edad en redes sociales para niños
¿Por qué están aumentando y qué nos depara el futuro? Veinticinco países miembros de la OCDE y economías candidatas a...