NEWS DESK - THE NEW YORKER THE NELSON MANDELA LECTURE By Barack Obama, July 18, 2018 President Obama speaks in Johannesburg on the hundredth anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.Photograph by STR / EPA-EFE / REX / Shutterstock On July 17th, former President Obama...
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Sobre el síndrome de la productividad visto desde las humanidades
The Productivity Syndrome (or why I stopped writing philosophy) Mitchell Aboulafia is a professor of philosophy at Manhattan College. UP@NIGHT BLOG You are at a conference, wandering around the book exhibit. A former colleague walks up and greets you. A few...
Reforma al financiamiento de la educación terciaria en California
As California Goes? The biggest and perhaps least likely state to try performance funding will tie billions of dollars for community colleges to measures of student success, a plan faculty groups say will punish students and colleges. By Paul Fain June 12, 2018 With...
En defensa de las artes liberales
In Defense of the Liberal Arts Two groups issue joint statement on "increasingly threatened" disciplines and approaches. By Scott Jaschik June 1, 2018 2015 protest over cuts to liberal arts at College of St. Rose In an era when liberal arts programs are being...
La historia del (exitoso) sistema de educación superior de EEUU
The Exceptionalism of American Higher Education May 17, 2018 DAVID F. LABAREEEvery major performance indicator has America's universities leading the world. Unfortunately for those who seek to emulate the US system, the American model reflects unique historical,...
Educación superior Tecnológica hacia 2040
TECHNOLOGY This Is What Georgia Tech Thinks College Will Look Like in 2040 By Beth McMurtrie MAY 11, 2018 PREMIUM The Georgia Institute of Technology has a fondness for bold experiments. It created the nation’s largest online master’s program in computer science,...
Homenaje en recuerdo de Tom Wolfe
White Suit, Gray Eminence When I first encountered Tom Wolfe By Lawrence Biemiller MARCH 31, 2006 The exclamation points — how could I have forgotten the exclamation points? Two in the first two sentences, 10 on the third page, seven in a mere five lines on page 11....
Trabajo académico bajo el managerialismo
Are You in a BS Job? In Academe, You’re Hardly Alone Specta Films C.E.P.E.C., Les Films de Mon Oncle By David Graeber MAY 06, 2018 PREMIUM Iwould like to write about the bullshitization of academic life: that is, the degree to which those involved in teaching...
IA en la educción superior
How A.I. Is Infiltrating Every Corner of the Campus In enrollment, advising, and campus facilities, the revolution is spreading fast By Lee Gardner APRIL 08, 2018 PREMIUMWhen Donald Markus Hogue first came to the University of Texas at Austin, in 2012, he spent eight...
Esquemas de ayuda estudiantil comparados
An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best? In America, college student loan defaults are a really big problem. In Australia? No worries. By Matthew Chingos and Susan Dynarski, April 2, 2018 We chose these nations to learn from the...
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Universidades británicas: ¿Controlar el acceso?
Fresh calls for number controls after elites take more students Academics question why some universities should be...
Complejo ideológico PC
Complejo ideológico PC "Aún se concibe a sí mismo como un partido leninista, que tolera la democracia formal burguesa...
Ciencia abierta versus editoriales académicas
Academic Publishers Threatened By Open-Access Expansion Critics say a directive to make federally funded research...
Gasto en investigación y desarrollo
Gasto en investigación y desarrollo Hugo Lavados, Rector USS, 27 de agosto de 2024 Es destacable la producción...