Patricio Aceituno, decano de la Facultad de Ciencias y candidato a rector de la U. de Chile: “Me diferencio de Vivaldi porque mi mirada de futuro es más ambiciosa” Autor: Paula Yévenes/ María José Blanco SAB 10 MAR 2018 | 12:13 AM Este año se cumple medio siglo...
Proyecto para el crédito estudiantil
MINISTRO EYZAGUIRRE PRESENTÓ PROYECTO DE CRÉDITO ESTATAL PARA LA EDUCACIÓN El titular de Hacienda explicó que el nuevo crédito cubrirá el costo total de las carreras, con lo que ya no existirá brecha que los estudiantes o las familias deban financiar con créditos...
Debate sobre privatización de universidades estatales en EEUU
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...
Decisión de la Corte Suprema de EEUU vista por el Times Higher Education
US Supreme Court blocks affirmative action in admissions Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of...
Decisión de la Corte Suprema de los EEUU sobre admisión a las universidades
The Supreme Court’s Decision Reveals a Gulf Between Two Views of Race and Merit By Eric Hoover JUNE 29, 2023 The U.S....
Gran Bretaña: Debate sobre financiamiento de la educación superior
Parties divided on best way out of the HE funding impasse Nic Mitchell 21 June 2023 Clear blue water is starting to...