View as Webpage Coronavirus (9)-September & Big Classes Marchm31st, 2020 - Alex Usher (Yes, I know, I said I would try to stay off Coronavirus topics. But it’s bloody hard to talk about anything else, isn’t it?) One of the least attractive features of the modern...
Número 51 revista “Calidad en la Educación”: Liderazgo Escolar en Chile
Número 51 revista "Calidad en la Educación": Liderazgo Escolar en Chile La revista “Calidad en la Educación” ha publicado su número 51, se trata del número temático "Liderazgo Escolar en Chile" cuyos editores invitados fueron los académicos José Weinstein, Gonzalo...
Conversación sobre la burocracia de las universidades
How to avoid being sucked into the black hole of administration Bureaucracy is the bane of every academic’s life. But who is to blame for its proliferation – and how can it be kept in check? Six academics have their say – while a registrar offers an equal and opposite...
El plan estratégico de las universidades: un debate
What is the point of a strategic plan? Formulating and implementing a strategic plan is core to the modern university leader’s job description. But amid complaints that such documents are vacuous, generic and irrelevant to the wider community, John Ross asks how...
Presupuestos balanceados, Alex Usher
Balanced Budgets May 28th, 2019 - Alex Usher A few weeks ago, the federal and länder governments in Germany reached a ten-year accord with respect to funding for scientific research. Result: a decade of planned 3% annual increases. Needless to say, this elicited...
Sobre planes estratégicos en las universidades
Does My Institution Need a Strategic Plan? May 27th, 2019 - Alex Usher As our company’s name suggests, we think a lot about strategic planning here at HESA Towers. And after a decade of doing this job, I have come to the conclusion that while most institutions do...
Revista Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação
A revista Revista Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação acaba de publicar seu último número, disponível em http://revistas.cesgranrio.org.br/index.php/ensaio. Convidamos a navegar no sumário da revista para acessar os artigos e outros itens de seu...
Autonomía de los colegios
How decentralised are education systems, and what does it mean for schools? School autonomy is popular but also complex and sometimes contentious. Many education systems have increased schools’ autonomy in the hope of achieving greater efficiency and closer adaptation...
Administración educacional: entre Kafka y Weber
Domingo 17 de junio de 2018 Administración educacional: entre Kafka y Weber José Joaquín Brunner "Poco podrá hacer la comisión recién designada para aliviar la carga administrativa llevada al absurdo de los directivos escolares, si acaso este esfuerzo no se inscribe...
Junta directiva y manejo de riesgos en las universidades
Risk (Reputations and Relationships) April 17th, 2018 - Alex Usher When institutions talk about risk management, they primarily mean two things: operational risks (i.e. things which might prevent the institution from going about its usual business, which we’ll deal...
Conversación con Cristian Warnken
Conversación con Cristian Warnken, Mauricio Bravo y José Brunner sobre libro el libro “Universidad entre invención y...
Entrevista por agresión a ministra Lincolao
Lunes 13 de abril de 2026 Mañana Informativa Académico por agresión a ministra Lincolao: "El principal y primer...
Simón Schwartzman: aprender la lección
Por Simon Schwartzman el 10 de abril de 2026 a las 06:41 (Publicado en O Estado de São Paulo , 10 de abril de 2026)...
¿Abandonará Hungría su modelo autoritario para las universidades?
Ante las encuestas que pronostican la derrota de Viktor Orbán en las elecciones del domingo, hay esperanzas de que se...