Colleges Face a No-Win Dilemma: To Cut or Not to Cut Tuition? By Lee Gardner JULY 13, 2020 PREMIUM Amid all the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic for higher education, two things are becoming clear. Most students yearn to come back to campus in the fall, in spite...
Kenneth Rogoff: Universidades tras las cuarentenas
Will Universities Learn from Lockdowns? Jul 6, 2020KENNETH ROGOFF The COVID-19 crisis is likely to bring about further rapid and far-reaching shifts in the economic ground beneath us. But we need not view these changes with dread if the pandemic also propels a...
OECD: Impuestos y mejor educación
Creating a virtuous circle between better education and a more sustainable tax system OECD Education and Skills TodayJune 30, 2020education, PISA for Development, UN SDG 4: Education Post navigation By Michelle Harding Head of the Tax Data and Statistical Analysis...
COVID-19 and Education: The disruptive effect of the pandemic
The IDB Education Division invites you to join us for the webinar: COVID-19 and Education: The disruptive effect of the pandemic on higher education With remarks from Jose Joaquin Brunner (UDP-Chile), Juliana Londoño Velez (UCLA), Miguel Urquiola (Columbia...
Times Higher Education: Ranking Top 100 en América Latina
RANKING 2020 DE UNIVERSIDADES DE LA REGION: 100 TOP Rank Name Country/Region Overall Citations Industry Income International Outlook Research Teaching 1 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Chile Explore 89.7 90.1 100.0 91.6 99.9 78.0 2...
Conversación sobre educación superior frente al COVID-19
La enseñanza y el aprendizaje se han visto severamente afectados en los últimos meses y la educación superior no es la excepción. Antes de la pandemia, América Latina y el Caribe había duplicado su matrícula de educación superior en los últimos 15 años, pero...
Estudiantes internacionales bajo presión en USA: la reacción de las universidades
As MIT and Harvard Sue, Colleges Scramble to Respond to New Federal Policy on International Students By Karin Fischer JULY 08, 2020 Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration to stop a new policy that would block...
EE. UU.: Puntos críticos de la educación superior
This Will Be One of the Worst Months in the History of Higher Education Layoffs, declarations of financial exigency, and closures are imminent. Here’s who’s most at risk. By Robert Kelchen JULY 07, 2020 PREMIUM Summer is usually a period of relative calm for most of...
Australia: nuevas definiciones para la política de aranceles universitarios
Australia leads the way on funding reform, but does price matter? Fee reforms expose lack of understanding of the conceptual underpinnings of university funding policy July 7, 2020 By John Ross According to critics, Australia’s proposed reshuffle of fees and subsidies...
Universidades estatales frente a ampliación del CAE
Universidades estatales en picada contra ampliación del CAE en plan clase media de Piñera: “Es un retroceso” por El Mostrador 6 julio, 2020 El pasado domingo, el Presidente Sebastián Piñera anunció un paquete de medidas para ayudar a la clase media, que ha sido...
Elitismo Oxbridge: cómo podría reformarse
UK elitism cannot be fixed without Oxbridge admissions reform A merit-based admissions lottery and strict caps on how...
USA: Políticas universitarias frente a protestas
We Looked at Dozens of Colleges’ New Protest Policies. Here’s What We Found. By Declan Bradley and Garrett Shanley...
Aprender a convivir
Aprender a convivir 'Si bien las escuelas no pueden contrarrestar los muchos problemas, amenazas y riesgos que derivan...
La vida social de las redes académicas
Academic networking: a cynic’s game? Junior scholars are urged to do all they can to build bridges with the people who...