College Rankings and the Will to Swagger August 27, 2013, 4:55 am By Eric Hoover, The Chronicle of Higher Education College officials often use colorful language when discussing U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of colleges. Over the years, I’ve heard the...
Clases medias: no solo educación
Las exigencias de las nuevas clases medias Han salido de la pobreza en los países emergentes y piden mejoras sociales IAN BREMMER, El País, 26 AGO 2013 - 00:01 CET http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/08/21/opinion/1377090873_331069.html Desde que, hace cinco años, comenzó...
UCLA busca ampliar sus negocios de conocimiento
UCLA, Eyeing Profits, Entrusts Tech Transfer to Industry Experts UCLA Brendan J. Rauw, associate vice chancellor for research at UCLA, says the new foundation to oversee patents and licensing will be strictly monitored. By Paul Basken, the Chronicle of Higher...
Secretario Arne Duncan (EEUU) al comenzar el año escolar
Q-and-A: Back to school with Arne Duncan By Arne Duncan on August 26th, 2013 http://smartblogs.com/ What is the biggest challenge that teachers face as they go back to school this fall? What guidance would you give them to help them meet the challenge The large...
Presidente Obama y la contención de costos de los estudios superiores
Obama Vows to Shame Colleges Into Keeping Costs Down Christopher Gregory/The New York Times Obama Looks to Make College Cheaper: The president is at the University at Buffalo to outline his strategy for dealing with the ballooning cost of higher education. By...
Innovación en las políticas y los programas universitarios
Presidents and Professors Largely Agree on Who Should Lead Innovation By Jeffrey Selingo, September 30, 2013 When San Jose State University's president announced the expansion of a pilot program to use recorded lectures from two large MOOC...
Educación superior y economía
It’s Time to Accept Higher Education’s Growing Role in the Economy August 20, 2013, 11:12 am By Nigel Thrift Higher education is becoming more and more integral to national economies, especially as universities find new ways to work together. I began thinking about...
Políticas de educación para la igualdad de género: Análisis de las respuestas estatales
Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas acaba de publicar su último artículo: Stromquist, N. P. (2013). Políticas de educación para la igualdad de género: Análisis de las respuestas estatales. Archivos Analíticos de Políticas Educativas, 21 (65) Ver el documento...
Propuesta Obama vista por The Economist
Higher education Universities challenged Barack Obama wants degrees to be better value for money The Economist, Aug 31st 2013 | CHICAGO |From the print...
Tendencias tecnológicas y el futuro de la educación superior
12 tech trends higher education cannot afford to ignore Education Dive, July 31, 2013 By Davide Savenije Higher education faces an onslaught of disruptive forces right now—and no one should be suprised to hear that news. Burgeoning technologies such as MOOCs...
Hungría: la universidad iliberal
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Universidades chinas en comparación con Canadá
MAY 27, 2024 | ALEX USHER A China Update If you’ve been reading this bog for a while, you’ll know that I occasionally...
Entrevista sobre educación en América Latina – diario El País
José Joaquín Brunner: “La competencia de las escuelas son el crimen organizado y el narco” El reconocido académico...
Libertad académica y Gaza en las universidades de USA
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