The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ Molly Worthen FEB. 23, 2018 I teach at a big state university, and I often receive emails from software companies offering to help me do a basic part of my job: figuring out what my students have learned. If you...
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El efecto a Bill Gates en la educación superior
The Gates Effect The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. Terry Crosgrove, who works in an Ohio plant that makes Slim Jims, is studying for an associate degree...
Trump propone armar a los colegios
Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, FEB. 22, 2018, NEW YOTK TIMES To deter school shootings, President Trump supported the idea of giving teachers bonuses if they agree to carry guns in the classroom. By THE...
Elección de estudios en EEUU
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College By Julian Wyllie FEBRUARY 13, 2018 seb_ra/iStock What happens when a high-school student from a low-income family wants to attend a private college 100 miles away, but has a parent whispering in her ear to look...
Mérito, selección y accesibilidad académica
A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’ Copyright ©2018 Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a CMA publication. February 19, 2018 | : by Manuel S. Gonzalez Canche I simply refuse to believe that talent is clustered within those who have the most. I am convinced...
¿Innovación disruptiva en la educación superior?
When Will Tech Disrupt Higher Education? KENNETH ROGOFF, 5 February 2018 Universities pride themselves on producing creative ideas that disrupt the rest of society, yet higher-education teaching techniques continue to evolve at a glacial pace. Given education’s...
Nuevo Rector de Harvard
Harvard Picks Former Tufts President as Its New Leader By Andy Thomason and Adam Harris FEBRUARY 11, 2018 Bill Sikes, AP Images Lawrence Bacow Harvard University has chosen for its 29th president a veteran leader of elite colleges. Lawrence S. Bacow, a former...
Educación de ingenieros: una visión de futuro
Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering By Colleen Flaherty February 9, 2018 The American Society for Engineering Education published two new reports as part of its Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering project. A previously published report...
Ecpnomista cuestiona utilidad de la educación
An Economist Argues That Our Education System Is Largely By Scott Carlson JANUARY 29, 2018 Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education Economics, it has been said, is the dismal science, and Bryan Caplan is pessimistic indeed. A professor of economics at George...
Laureate y su política corporativa para 2018
Laureate Shifts Focus Global education giant Laureate sells off some international institutions and refocuses on emerging markets. By Ashley A. Smith January 31, 2018 It was nearly a year ago that Laureate Education, a public benefit company that owns the nation’s...
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¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?
¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?: Mario Alarcón y José Joaquín Brunner Marzo/25 Mario Alarcón (profesor de la U....
Las instituciones tienen que preocuparse de su propia sostenibilidad económica
José Joaquín Brunner plantea que las instituciones tienen que preocuparse de su propia sostenibilidad económica...
Paris: difícil situación de colegios
Aulas llenas con alumnos de cursos diferentes: el ‘efecto Airbnb’ y la caída demográfica precarizan las escuelas del...
Trump culpa al Departamento de Educación
Trump culpa al Departamento de Educación de los malos resultados escolares: “Vamos a cerrarlo. No nos está sirviendo...