The Pitfalls of Comparing Colleges Based on Postgraduate Earnings March 5, 2014 by Jonah Newman This is the third in a series of posts about the data that are likely to appear in the Obama administration’s proposed college-ratings system. The first post looked...
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Rol (des) igualador de la educación superior
The Great Divide March 1, 2014, 2:30 pm College, the Great Unleveler By SUZANNE METTLER The Great Divide is a series about inequality. When the G.I. Bill of Rights of 1944 made colleges accessible to veterans regardless of socioeconomic background,...
Costo posiblemente riesgoso de ciertas medidas pro equidad en el acceso
Ratings Strategy With a Cost? March 3, 2014 By Michael Stratford Of all the criticism leveled at the Obama administration’s plan to rate colleges, perhaps the most widespread critique is that a ratings system will harm disadvantaged students' access to higher...
Primeras reacciones frente a propuesta de cambios del SAT
March 6, 2014 Plans for New SAT Spark Mixed Reviews By Eric Hoover The first glimpse of the brand-new product arrived with a slew of promises. It would "open doors of opportunity" and "transform possibilities for everyone and anyone." Close your eyes, and this might...
La discusión sobre el ranking de Obama
Rating (and Berating) the Ratings Doug Lederman, Michael Stratford and Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher ED, February 7, 2014 WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday released hundreds of pages of formal comments on its proposed college rating system,...
Percepciones sobre educación superior en EEUU
Politician-Public Divide Inside Higher ED, February 10, 2014 By Doug Lederman CORONADO, Calif. -- Everywhere you look, politicians are asserting that the public and taxpayers are questioning the value of higher education – and that their disappointment stems primarily...
Usher sobre rankings (estúpidos)
Posted on February 6, 2014 by Alex Usher You may have noted the gradual proliferation of rankings at the Times Higher Education over the last few years. First theWorld University Rankings, then the World Reputation Rankings (a recycling of reputation survey data from...
Cambios en administración y salarios universitarios
February 5, 2014 Administrator Hiring Drove 28% Boom in Higher-Ed Work Force, Report Says By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education Thirty-four pages of research, branded with a staid title and rife with complicated graphs, might not seem like a...
¿Mejores profesores en colegios más difíciles?
Research and analysis to inform education policy and promote democratic deliberation Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Transfer Incentives Produce Disappointing Results, Review Finds NEPC examines recent research on whether...
Nuevas definiciones de acreditación
January 27, 2014 It's Time for a New Definition of Accreditation Mark Shaver for The Chronicle Enlarge Image By Milton Greenberg, The Chronicle of Higher Education The impending review and renewal of the Higher Education Act will be a defining moment in the tumultuous...
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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,...