How Much Power Does Betsy DeVos Really Hold to Shake Up Higher Ed? Most education secretaries have left a limited mark on higher ed. Here’s why. By Kelly Field FEBRUARY 16, 2017 Last week’s confirmation of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education has raised alarms among...
Brecha educacional y desigualdad
[divider scroll_text="SCROLL_TEXT"] Mind the Gap: Inequality in education by Tracey Burns, Senior Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills. 16.02.2017 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … we had everything before us, we had nothing before...
Alex Usher: Cómo financiar la educación superior (3)
How to Fund (3) Alex Usher. Posted on February 16, 2017 by Paul You all may remember that in early 2015, the province of Ontario announced it was going to review its university funding formula. There was no particular urgency to do so, and many were puzzled as to “why...
Alex Usher: Cómo financiar la educación superior (2)
How to Fund (2) Posted on February 15, 2017 by Alex Usher As I noted yesterday, in Canada we have some kind of phobia about output-based funding. In the 1990s, Ontario and Alberta introduced, and then later killed, key performance indicators with funding attached....
Peter Senge: “El profesor del siglo XXI tiene que enseñar lo que no sabe”
[vimeo height="HEIGHT" width="WIDTH"]PLACE_LINK_HERE[/vimeo] ” El experto cree que para innovar en educación hay que crear un modelo pedagógico en el que docente y alumno aprendan a la vez ANA TORRES MENÁRGUEZ, 23 ENE 2017 - 20:10 CET Peter Senge, californiano de 69...
Uso del iPad en la docencia universitaria
One Campus’s iPad Revolution Results in Education Evolution Mark Lombardi, president, Maryville U. By Lee Gardner February 03, 2017 Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University, in Missouri, describes some of the interesting changes it has recently made in the...
DeVos Makes Clear She’ll Trash Rules That Curb Predatory Colleges
DeVos Makes Clear She’ll Trash Rules That Curb Predatory Colleges 01/31/2017 11:19 am ET | Updated 4 days ago The Huffington Post, 01/31/2017 11:19 am ET | Updated 4 days ago There were plenty of hints in the past few weeks, but now it seems clear as day: The...
Pensamiento crítico
What Is Critical Thinking, Anyway? Rob Jenkins, February 2, 2017 The longer I teach (I’m now in my 32nd year) the more I’m convinced that the best thing we can do for our students is help them learn to think for themselves. That involves explaining what...
Nuevas Ues estatales corren contra el tiempo para iniciar sus clases
Las actividades comienzan el 13 de marzo y ambas casas de estudio aún presentan varios impedimentos para funcionar 5 de febrero de 2017 Nuevas Ues estatales corren contra el tiempo para iniciar sus clases Son más de 500 los estudiantes que en poco más de un mes...
¿Qué es una “buena” escuela? Los casos de China y LAC
¿Qué es una “buena” escuela? Los casos de China y LAC Jan 27 2017 This post is also available in: Inglés ¿Qué explica la ventaja educativa de China sobre América Latina? En algunos indicadores educativos, China comparte muchas similitudes con los países de América...
Atemnción: Politización de las universidades
Why so quiet? Opposing politicisation of HE is mandatory Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit 30 September 2023 Perhaps...
Times Higher Education Ranking 2023 para universidades chilenas
World University Rankings 2023 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities...
Iliberalismo entre expresión y cancelación
A Taxonomy of Fear There is a pattern in the way speech is silenced. Understanding it can help us stand up to the...
Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE)
Sistema de Admisión Escolar (SAE): más allá de «la tómbola» 20.09.2023 Por René Catalán Carrasco y Evelyn Cordero...