GOVERNMENT Trump’s Surprise Victory Sends Shock Through Higher Ed By Nick DeSantis, Eric Kelderman, Andy Thomason, and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz NOVEMBER 09, 2016 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Donald Trump, the Republican president-elect, delivers his acceptance speech...
¿Contra los expertos y su educación?: De Trump a Brexit
The long read How the education gap is tearing politics apart In the year of Trump and Brexit, education has become the greatest divide of all – splitting voters into two increasingly hostile camps. But don’t assume this is simply a clash between the ignorant and the...
La academia es progre en los EEUU
Evidence of 'Liberal Academe' Study of public voter registration data shows that Democrats outnumber Republicans among social scientists, 11.5 to one. Does it matter? By Colleen Flaherty Inside HigherED, October 3, 2016 ECON JOURNAL WATCH Registered voter ratios,...
Ranking de US News & World Report
HIGHER ED New College Rankings Are Out: NPR Ed Rates The Rankings! September 13, 2016·6:00 AM ET ANYA KAMENETZ FacebookTwitter LA Johnson/NPR College presidents from High Point, N. C., to Laie, Hawaii, are sitting up a little straighter, because the 2017 U.S. News...
Los robots y el futuro de las profesiones
The robots are coming for the professionals Do universities need to rethink what they do and how they do it now that artificial intelligence is beginning to take over graduate-level roles? July 28, 2016 By David Matthews Twitter: @DavidMJourno Who do you think wrote...
H. Clinton y su propuesta de gratuidad para los menos ricos
How Clinton’s ‘Free College’ Could Cause a Cascade of Problems By Scott Carlson and Beckie Supiano JULY 27, 2016 PREMIUM Sam Kalda for The Chronicle The policy proposals of presidential campaigns aren’t often burdened by details or even...
En defensa de la universidad pública y su historia
En defensa de la universidad pública y su historia Universidades públicas y el carácter público de las universidades, una discusión que ha estado ausente en forma seria del debate sobre educación superior. José Joaquín Brunner , El Mercurio, 24 de julio 2016 Una...
Iniciativas de excelencia
Are Excellence Initiatives Working? July 12, 2016 - 5:25pm Jamil Salmi In order to accelerate the transformation process towards building “world-class” universities, a few governments - China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and Spain, for example - have launched...
George Steiner: “Estamos matando los sueños de nuestros niños”
EN PORTADA George Steiner: “Estamos matando los sueños de nuestros niños” A sus 88 años, el gran filósofo y ensayista denuncia en una lúcida entrevista que la mala educación amenaza el futuro de los jóvenes George Steiner, en su casa en Cambridge. ANTONIO OLMOS...
Plataforma candidata Clinton de educación superior
Clinton's 'Innovation Agenda' for Higher Ed The presumptive Democratic nominee for president expands on her higher education agenda with boosts for alternative education providers and technology entrepreneurs. June 29, 2016 By Carl Straumsheim Hillary Clinton on...
Superintendencia de Educación Superior: aciertos y desafíos
Primer plan de fiscalización de la Superintendencia de Educación Superior: aciertos y desafíos Por : Álvaro González...
Peter Sloterdijk: “El ser humano contemporáneo solo se refugia del futuro con actitudes frívolas”
Peter Sloterdijk, filósofo: “El ser humano contemporáneo solo se refugia del futuro con actitudes frívolas” El gran...
Cómo superar la herencia de las dictaduras (ensayo publicado en 1995)
Overcoming the Legacies of Dictatorship By Tina Rosenberg, May/June 1995 Published on May 1, 1995 Chilean Gen. Augusto...