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...
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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,...
Sobre movilidad internacional de estudiantes
UNESCO-IESALC desvela que solo un 38% de la movilidad que sale de América Latina y el Caribe se queda en la Región El Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC) acaba de publicar La movilidad en la...
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...
OCDE Panorama de la Educación 2019
By Marie-Hélène Doumet Senior Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills Education at a Glance report provides a comprehensive overview of education systems in OECD member and partner countries, including detailed indicators across all levels of education –...
¿Por qué no la gratuidad? Una reflexión desde USA
Free Public College Is a Terrible Idea By Brian Rosenberg SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 PREMIUM Now that the race for the Democratic nomination for president is becoming more serious, it is time to take an equally serious look at the proposal for tuition-free public college...
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Dirección de Educación Pública frente a crisis en Atacama
Dirección de Educación Pública y crisis en Atacama: “La situación es muy compleja” Jaime Veas conversó con ADN Hoy...
Revista Pensamiento Educativo – PUC
PEL PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE - ReVistaPEL Vol. 60 Núm. 3 (2023) Accede a la revista en...
Política de aranceles en China
China’s tuition fee hikes ‘could foreshadow’ marketised HE system Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young...
Rashid Khalidi, historiador palestino: “Es difícil hablar de paz en el futuro inmediato frente a la violencia que estamos viendo”
Rashid Khalidi, historiador palestino: “Es difícil hablar de paz en el futuro inmediato frente a la violencia que...