Assessing the Value of an Undergrad Degree A new study from Academically Adrift's co-author seeks to evaluate a broad range of student experiences and outcomes as well as new ways to measure learning. By Lilah Burke September 27, 2019 3 COMMENTS...
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El debate sobre la meritocracia y la educación superior
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
¿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...
¿Existe el mérito y hay meritocracia?
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...
Niños y jovenes fuera del colegio en el mundo
UIS Releases New Education Data and SDG 4 Indicators for 2018 School Year 13/09/2019 Focus on out-of-school children New data on the world’s out-of-school children reveal little or no progress for more than a decade, with about 258 million children, adolescents and...
Legado: aquello que se deja o transmite a los sucesores
José Joaquín Brunner, Legado: aquello que se deja o transmite a los sucesores Sin duda, un grave problema del gobierno Piñera, que ahora lo hace aparecer descentrado, sin foco, confundido y confuso, es que no ha habido, precisamente, un eje; o sea, “una persona o cosa...
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CHINA: oferta o demanda de educación superior
China’s tuition fee hikes ‘could foreshadow’ marketised HE system Beijing is ‘actively seeking to deter many young...
Imanol Ordorika, la disputa por la Rectoría de la UNAM
UNAM: cambiar o hacer lo mismo MANUEL GIL ANTÓN| 07/10/2023 |05:22 |Actualizada Una palabra recorre a la Universidad...
Expectativa de vida y diplomas en EEUU
October 7, 2023 Almost two-thirds of American adults do not have college degrees, and they have become increasingly...
Irlanda: Evaluación externa de universidades
Ireland: Universities give monitoring system a cautious welcome John Walshe 29 September 2023 A new systems...