Should public universities privatize given state budget constraints? Patti Zarling, March 2, 2018 Dive Brief: The University of Pittsburgh has watched its state funding dwindle from covering 35% of operations in the 1970s to 7% in 2018, a trend not likely to change...
Una mirada a la gratuidad (Canadá)
Ten Bad Arguments about Free Tuition in Canada February 20th, 2018 - Alex Usher So this weekend at the NDP convention, delegates voted in favour of a free tuition policy. Based on a totally unscientific scan of twitter afterwards, here are the ten most common...
Usher sobre robots y educación superior
Robot-Proof March 1st, 2018 - Alex Usher If you're looking for a book that is not too heavy, analyzes how changing technologies impacts skills, and does a great job of sketching out some possible attractive responses from higher education institutions: have I got a...
Carta de ex rector UCH: Legado para universidades estatales
SEÑOR DIRECTOR Establecer un “nuevo trato” entre el Estado y sus universidades era parte del programa del actual gobierno de la Presidenta Bachelet, algo que la Universidad de Chile venía reclamando desde el retorno a la democracia para reparar el daño institucional,...
El efecto a Bill Gates en la educación superior
The Gates Effect The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. Terry Crosgrove, who works in an Ohio plant that makes Slim Jims, is studying for an associate degree...
Elección de estudios en EEUU
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College By Julian Wyllie FEBRUARY 13, 2018 seb_ra/iStock What happens when a high-school student from a low-income family wants to attend a private college 100 miles away, but has a parent whispering in her ear to look...
Usher: Seguimiento de la gratuidad en varios países
Roll On, Free Tuition February 6th, 2018 - Alex Usher I've written a few times over the years about the spread of Targeted Free Tuition (TFT) programs. Starting in Chile and Ontario in 2016 (after a false start in the UK in the late 1990s), they have started to...
Francia: ¿Reforma sus universidades?
Left Bank Choosiness February 14th, 2018 - Alex Usher To Paris, where a couple of big changes in education policy have led to student demonstrations. Not particularly large or effective demonstrations (not yet, anyway), but significant nonetheless. The first - and...
Nuevo Rector de Harvard
Harvard Picks Former Tufts President as Its New Leader By Andy Thomason and Adam Harris FEBRUARY 11, 2018 Bill Sikes, AP Images Lawrence Bacow Harvard University has chosen for its 29th president a veteran leader of elite colleges. Lawrence S. Bacow, a former...
Formación técnico profesional superior en países europeos
Ejemplos europeos que funcionan Alemania, Suiza u Holanda son referentes del modelo de formación profesional que compagina los estudios con el trabajo ANA TORRES MENÁRGUEZ, Madrid 8 ENE 2018 - 08:43 CET En los institutos alemanes, cuando los estudiantes tienen entre...
Hungría en el ranking del THE: ¿conflicto de interés?
Hungary’s big deal with ‘THE’ rankings: What’s going on? Ellen Hazelkorn and Philip G Altbach 25 May 2024 On 22 April...
Revista de Prospectiva y Estrategia
Revista de Prospectiva y Estrategia Nº92, abril 2024 Ponemos a su disposición la revista nº92 del Consejo Chileno de...
CADEM y el CAE
Cadem: CAE aparece como el séptimo problema a resolver en materia de educación y solo un 25% cree prioritario condonar...
Alex Usher: Diseño de políticas para la educación superior europea
MAY 16, 2024 | ALEX USHER European Universities Association Alex Usher (AU): Thomas, the European Union is a...