Is Academic Freedom a Human Right? In Mexico, a conference raises provocative questions about politics and the university By Jeffrey Aaron Snyder JANUARY 11, 2023 Is academic freedom a basic human right? This was just one of many provocative questions I had...
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,...
EEUU: Condonación deuda estudiantil
For Biden’s Loan-Forgiveness Plan, a Flurry of Lawsuits, a Rollback, and a New Sticker Price By Adrienne Lu SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 ADAM NIKLEWICZ FOR THE CHRONICLE A lot has happened since President Biden in August announced his plan to cancel up to $20,000 in...
Financiamiento: Educación superior en la encrucijada
Educación superior en la encrucijada Cuando se habla de diversidad y se defiende esta consigna, eso debe ser integral....
La larga sombra del origen socioeconómico en el estrellato de las ciencias
Inequality in Science: Who Becomes a Star? Anna Airoldi & Petra Moser Working Paper 33063 DOI 10.3386/w33063 Issue...
Aprender a hacer
Aprender a hacer ''Saber hacer, el famoso know how , es el último de los cuatro pilares de la educación —junto al...
En torno a la tragedia del INBA
Harald Beyer por INBA: “El abandono de la disciplina y la falta de liderazgo han llevado a la crisis en los liceos...