Sobre comparaciones, bingos y el rol estatal en la educación Aunque los sistemas educacionales de Chile y Estados Unidos parecen ser muy distintos entre sí, quienes siguen el debate de política educacional en ambos países podrán descubrir numerosas similitudes y...
Opinión pública de EEUU favorable a la educación superior
Americans overwhelmingly support higher education funding, report shows By Shalina Chatlani James Paterson Published July 19, 2018 Dive brief: A new nationally representative survey of 3,117 adults out of Teachers College, Columbia University finds that overwhelmingly...
Opinión sobre valor económico de la educación superior en USA
Americans Still Believe in Higher Ed's 'Public Good' Survey finds broad support for government funding of colleges, and recognition of value for society as well as individuals. By Doug Lederman July 17, 2018 Most political discussion of higher education these days...
Conferencia del ex Presidente Obama en honor de Mandela
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...
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....
Repensar la Universidad: entre las inercias heredadas y la urgencia del futuro
El mayor riesgo que tiene hoy la Universidad es renunciar a su adaptación a la sociedad o realizar cambios...
¿Están haciendo las universidades lo suficiente para fortalecer la democracia?
Este año se conmemora el décimo aniversario del Marco de Referencia de Competencias para la Cultura Democrática...
La ciencia no es un lujo: es la capacidad de una sociedad para construir su futuro
Se requieren autoridades dispuestas a asumir su responsabilidad con el desarrollo científico nacional: no como una...
La verdadera emergencia
En vez de incorporar nuevo personal y sumar refuerzos, el cambio de gabinete solo produjo un ajuste burocrático. José...