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Libertad académica en America Latina y EEUU
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Neoliberalismo y cultura woke
Citadels of Neoliberalism or Bastions of Wokism? What elite higher ed’s critics on both the left and the right get wrong. By David A. Bell, professor of history at Princeton University. DECEMBER 9, 2022 No one seems to like America’s elite universities these days,...
Chomsky sobre educación
Noam Chomsky: “Los intentos de poner la educación superior al servicio del sector privado toman formas casi cómicas” El lingüista señaló que "las tendencias educativas impulsadas por el mercado son muy reales y dañinas. Deberían, creo, ser consideradas como parte del...
Escuelas de derecho de Yale y Harvard se retiran de U.S. News Rankings
Yale and Harvard Law Schools Withdraw From the U.S. News Rankings Citing flaws in the way the ratings are determined, the schools said they will stop participating, breaking away from the rankings industry. By Anemona Hartocollis Nov. 16, 2022 Sign Up for the...
Huelga que cimbra a la Universidad de California
UNIVERSIDAD DE CALIFORNIA Pobreza en el Olimpo académico de EE UU: la huelga que cimbra a la Universidad de California Cerca de 50.000 trabajadores académicos suman más de 10 días de protestas a la espera de una subida de salarios y mejora de condiciones en una decena...
EEUU: La batalla judicial en torno a politicas de discriminación positiva
Race-conscious university admissions hang by a legal thread Nathan M Greenfield 02 November 2022 Oral questions posed this week by Republican-appointed justices of the Supreme Court of the United States suggest that five of the nine members of the bench are ready to...
Impacto de la pandemia en el aprendizaje de las matemáticas en EEUU
Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam The results, from what is known as the nation’s report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic’s devastating impact on students. By Sarah Mervosh and Ashley Wu Oct. 24,...
Retorno económico a la educación superior
The Return of College as a Common Good Americans increasingly see the public value of higher education. Can colleges seize the moment? DEREK BRAHNEY FOR THE CHRONICLE MAKING THE CASE By Karin Fischer OCTOBER 3, 2022 In 1980, the U.S. Department of Education polled...
Vida de un profesor en un community college de los EEUU
Being a community college professor has pushed me to breaking point America’s two-year public colleges are often romanticised as engines of social mobility and the epitome of the educative mission. But one academic has found the reality to be very different,...
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A. Usher: Administración versus academia
Administration vs. Academia March 26, 2024 | Alex Usher If there is one thing that unites academics, it is cynicism...
Mario Albornoz: Argentina, “En ciencia y tecnología el laberinto de las confusiones”
En ciencia y tecnología el laberinto de las confusiones Sesenta y ocho científicos que recibieron el Premio Nobel...