La gobernabilidad del sector educación Tras la acusación constitucional es necesario retomar la agenda educacional, aunque no será fácil. Hoy persiste un clima de guerrilla verbal y confrontación ideológica, pero lo que se requiere con urgencia es restablecer un clima...
Rectores españoles: “El ascensor social de la Universidad está en peligro”
UNIVERSIDADES Alerta de los rectores: “El ascensor social de la Universidad está en peligro” La educación superior arranca el curso criticando un mercado laboral que “obliga a los jóvenes a buscar empleo en el extranjero” SONIA VIZOSO A Coruña 30 SEP 2019 - 18:22 CEST...
Libro reciente: Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least?
Is College Merely Helping Those Who Need Help Least? By Tara Westover THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST How College Makes or Breaks Us By Paul Tough I am — to capitulate fully to the nomenclature — a “first gen,” meaning a first-generation college graduate. For me, as for...
Costo de las universidades: qué y cómo calcular
Managing Class Sizes (Part 1) September 18th, 2019 - Alex Usher One of the things that many people misunderstand about higher education is the way the economics of classrooms actually work; in particular about the relationship between enrolments, teaching complements,...
Sobre movilidad internacional de estudiantes
UNESCO-IESALC desvela que solo un 38% de la movilidad que sale de América Latina y el Caribe se queda en la Región El Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC) acaba de publicar La movilidad en la...
Francia: ¿la reforma Macron de las grandes escuelas?
Will Macron’s move against his alma mater make France’s HE system fairer? France’s president responded to the gilets jaunesmovement with a surprise plan to abolish the grande école ENA, reigniting debate about the country’s intensely hierarchical higher education...
Canadá: Agenda de política universitaria / de investigación
Honing the University Party's Growth Agenda September 16th, 2019 - Alex Usher It’s election season, and so everyone is trotting out promises and coming up with manifestos. These manifestos are lists of specific promised policy initiatives, but they are also –...
Media Lab del MIT: Fantasía y realidad
Hype vs. Reality at the MIT Media Lab By Nell Gluckman September 11, 2019 Cambridge, Mass. It was a validating moment for Caleb Harper. Norman Foster, the renowned architect who designed Apple’s circular headquarters, had come to the Massachusetts Institute of...
¿Por qué no la gratuidad? Una reflexión desde USA
Free Public College Is a Terrible Idea By Brian Rosenberg SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 PREMIUM Now that the race for the Democratic nomination for president is becoming more serious, it is time to take an equally serious look at the proposal for tuition-free public college...
¿Existe el mérito y hay meritocracia?
Does meritocracy stall social mobility, entrench an undeserving elite, and undermine trust in higher education? Joan Wong for The Chronicle September 13, 2019 That seems to be the emerging bipartisan consensus. “On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up...
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...