What Counts as Success in a COVID Semester With less than a month to Thanksgiving, some colleges are starting to tell their stories of how they've contained the virus -- and they're feeling pretty good about the results of their efforts. By Elizabeth Redden...
EEUU: La educación superior si gana Biden
Would a Biden administration solve US higher education’s problems? The vast majority of university staff and students are hoping that Joe Biden’s predicted win comes to pass in next week’s presidential election. But with the nation’s finances reeling from Covid-19 and...
Autonomía de colegios públicos: evidencia positiva de la investigación
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Publication Announcement Is It Time to Rethink “Innovation Schools”? KEY TAKEAWAY: Policy brief explores how autonomy-based reforms might more effectively address systemic inequity in schools. NEPC Publication -> NEPC Resources on School...
EEUU: escenarios de pesadilla para la educación superior
Higher Education’s Nightmare Scenario Finances are already strained — and yet public colleges await budget-busting cuts. By William R. Doyle OCTOBER 12, 2020 Public colleges face two crises: the impact of Covid-19 on their operations and a downturn in state funding...
Conversación en McKinsey sobre retorno a las aulas en EEUU
Reopening schools: Fostering a safe and effective learning environment September 23, 2020 | Podcast Following closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, school systems have much to consider as they embark on a new school year. Open interactive popup Reopening schools:...
Alex Usher: Literatura sobre admisión y selectividad en USA
Two Great Books on Admissions September 17th, 2020 - Alex Usher An important shift during the last half-decade or so in US higher education is the serious consideration that increased selectivity at the top 5-10% of institutions may be doing real damage to the goal of...
Microcredenciales: Discusión en Canadá x Alex Usher
View as Webpage Micro-credentials Need to be More than Gimmicks September 14 2020 - Alex Usher If you’re one of those unfortunate people who follows the federal lobbying scene, you’ll have noticed that all of the PSE stakeholder groups, one way or another, are...
Universidades de EEUU como nuevos focos Covid
How Colleges Became the New Covid Hot Spots Like meatpacking plants and nursing homes early in the pandemic, campuses across the country are experiencing outbreaks. By Shawn Hubler and Anemona Hartocollis Sept. 11, 2020Updated 4:40 p.m. ET It began last month with a...
¿Regresar a la escuela?
A Parent’s Toughest Call: In-Person Schooling or Not? Parents are wrestling with difficult choices over sending their children to school. Here’s how one science reporter made the decision. By Apoorva Mandavilli, Sept. 1, 2020 All summer, as information about how the...
¿Puede culparse a los estudiantes de la educación superior por nuevos brotes de Covid-19?
The Student-Blaming Has Begun Is it fair to fault college students for Covid-19 outbreaks? By Katherine Mangan AUGUST 21, 2020 First came the reprimand: More than 100 first-year students who had gathered in Syracuse University’s quad (above), many without masks, to...
Nuevo Fondo de Investigación para Universidades
“El Nuevo Fondo de Investigación para Universidades, que presentamos hoy, pavimenta el camino hacia el 1% en I+D” ●...
Entrevista sobre financiamiento de la educación superior
En conversación con ‘Ahora es Cuando’, el exministro y académico de la UDP, José Joaquín Brunner, se refirió al...
Por qué hacer un nuevo instrumento
Experto en educación y condonación del CAE: “No se entiende bien por qué se quisiera hacer un nuevo instrumento. Lo...
El destino de los fondos públicos y lo que esperamos de las universidades
El destino de los fondos públicos y lo que esperamos de las universidades Por: Julio Labraña y Carla Fardella,...