Microcredentials June 6th, 2019 - Alex Usher One of the big buzzwords in higher education these days is “microcredentials”. Because this term means so many things to different people, it is worth unpacking this term a bit. One of the biggest challenges we have as a...
Nuevo Boletín International Higher Education
PUBLISHED: 2019-06-05 FULL ISSUE Full Issue PDF INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND TRENDS Connectivity of National Systems of Higher Education: Evidence from the U21 Rankings Ross Williams 2-3 PDF Higher Education Equity Policies across the Globe Jamil Salmi 4-5 PDF Two...
Reporte sobre educación superior en Gran Bretaña
That Augar Report May 31st, 2019 - Alex Usher If you pay attention to UK higher education, you will know that yesterday the long-awaited Augar Report (technically, the Post-18 Review of Education and Funding: Independent Panel Report, but its usually named after its...
Convocatoria 5to Encuentro de Educación Superior y Mundo del Trabajo, BIESTRA 2019
Estimada/o colega, Le invitamos a presentar ponencias hasta el 24 de julio, en el marco del 5to Encuentro de Educación Superior y Mundo del Trabajo, "BIESTRA 2019: Implicancias Educativas de la IV Revolución Industrial", a realizarse los días 23 y 24 de octubre en...
Educación para el futuro: una visión
Educating for the Future: Empowering the Human Mind and Redefining Values and Citizenship in the Age of Technological Disruption* ARTICLE | MAY 11, 2019 | BY CARLOS BLANCO, ALEXANDRE PEREZ CASARES, RAMON RODRIGANEZ RIESCO Get Full Text in PDF Abstract What are the...
Presupuestos balanceados, Alex Usher
Balanced Budgets May 28th, 2019 - Alex Usher A few weeks ago, the federal and länder governments in Germany reached a ten-year accord with respect to funding for scientific research. Result: a decade of planned 3% annual increases. Needless to say, this elicited...
Sobre planes estratégicos en las universidades
Does My Institution Need a Strategic Plan? May 27th, 2019 - Alex Usher As our company’s name suggests, we think a lot about strategic planning here at HESA Towers. And after a decade of doing this job, I have come to the conclusion that while most institutions do...
Examen de ingreso (SAT) a universidades de EEUU y nuevo factor de adversidad
JEFFERSON, ADAMS, AND THE SAT’S NEW ADVERSITY FACTOR By Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker Today, May 23, 2019 Most discussions of admissions to élite colleges are built around the idea that, somewhere around the next bend and soon to make itself apparent, is the right...
Protestas contra cortes fiscales en universidades brasileñas
Students in Brazil mobilise against President Jair Bolsonaro's cuts to education. Photograph by Joao Alexandre Peschanski, Wikimedia Commons. Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter BRAZIL 1.5 million protest against Bolsonaro’s university cuts María Elena...
Métricas de producción en Academia holandesa, ¿desparecerán?
Netherlands plans overhaul of academic careers in move away from metrics Country will also consider creating teaching-focused professorships to stop academics being overloaded by responsibilities By David Matthews, December 6, 2018 The Netherlands will radically...
Internacionalización: debates actuales
Accountability in internationalisation: it must be personal Paulina Latorre, Uwe Brandenburg and Hans de Wit 27...
México – La educación entre 2018 y 2024: los límites del pragmatismo
La educación entre 2018 y 2024: los límites del pragmatismo MANUEL GIL ANTÓN| 03/02/2024 |04:41 La administración del...
USA: Educación, clases sociales y elecciones
The Political Failure of Bidenomics Feb. 22, 2024 By David Brooks Opinion Columnist After Hillary Clinton’s defeat in...
USA: guerras culturales y políticas educacionales
Education as a political battleground Rana Foroohar Global Business Columnist Last week, I spent a couple of days in...