The Far Future June 7, 2023 | Alex Usher Occasionally, I get asked about why higher education will look like in forty or fifty years. I usually beg off this kind of thing because predictions over that length of time aren’t very meaningful. I mean, will AI have an...
Mal uso de datos en la investigación
How Shoddy Data Becomes Sensational Research Academics are addicted to p-hacking, data torturing, and other statistical sins. By Gary Smith JUNE 6, 2023 Over the past 20 years, a wave of improbable-sounding scientific research has come under the microscope. Are Asian...
China: dilema de los graduados
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship. By Li Yuan Published May 30,...
Simón Schwrtzman: O financiamento das universidades federais
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EDUTIC: Conferencia Innovaciones Disruptivas en la Educación – 8 de junio de 2023
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Corte Suprema y copyright en uso de imagen por Warhol
The Supreme Court Is Wrong About Andy Warhol June 5, 2023 Credit...Javier Jaén By Richard Meyer Dr. Meyer is a professor of art history at Stanford University. The Supreme Court got it wrong. In a recent 7-to-2 decision, the court ruled that Andy Warhol infringed on...
Financiamiento basado en el desempeño
MAY 26, 2023 | ALEX USHER The World of Higher Education Podcast Performance-Based Funding in Europe If you’re in North America, you know that one of the perennial debates in higher education finance is about the efficacy of performance-based funding, or PBF, with the...
La UNAM: grande y frágil – Manuel Gil Antón
La UNAM: grande y frágil Manuel Gil Antón ¿La misma estructura es la adecuada ante los cambios, y no sólo en las magnitudes y diversidad de todo tipo, sino en la complejidad de sus tareas? La casa se construyó, como la conocemos ahora, en 1945. Su estructura, y la de...
Acreditación desde perspectiva Republicanos de EEUU: Trump y De Santis
Why Are Trump and DeSantis Talking About Accreditation? By Eric Kelderman MAY 31, 2023 Republican politicians have found a new target in their efforts to reshape higher education: accrediting agencies. Announcing his presidential bid this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis,...
Gestión y especialización en las universidades
MAY 31, 2023 | ALEX USHER Economies of Scale and the Unmanageability of Universities I’ve recently had reason to ponder some of the mysteries of university management. I’ve concluded that it’s much harder to run a university in a moderately efficient fashion...
La ventaja social de la inteligencia
La ventaja social de la inteligencia Una sala con secretarias escribiendo a máquina, alrededor de 1925. © Underwood...
Las capas de la violencia escolar
José Joaquín Brunner, 26 de abril de 2026 En mi columna anterior propuse distinguir la violencia escolar en términos...
Revista PEL – Pensamiento Educativo
Volumen 63, Núm. 1 Publicado abril 22, 2026 Descripción de la publicación El número 63(1) aborda diversas...
Crisis de fondo y violencia escolar: cuando los adultos abandonan su puesto
Por José Joaquín Brunner, Director doctorado en Educación Superior UDP, 22 de abril de 2026 El autor de esta columna...