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...
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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...
Sobre el valor de la educación superior
How to Sway Higher Ed’s Skeptics By Peter Salovey FEBRUARY 27, 2018 Many Americans today are skeptical about the value of higher education. Last summer, a study from the Pew Research Center found that only 55 percent of Americans say that colleges "have a positive...
Condiciones de salud y aprendizaje
Is physical health linked to better learning? - February 21, 2018 by Tracey Burns Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Mahatma Gandhi once said: "it is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver". And indeed, our physical well-being...
Profesores: horas de enseñanza en aula
How primary and secondary teachers differ and why it matters - February 01, 2018 by Marie-Helene Doumet, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Learning needs vary as we evolve through life. The early years of education set the stage for children’s...
¿Muerte de las humanidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW There Is No Case for the Humanities And deep down we know our justifications for it are hollow By Justin Stover MARCH 04, 2018 This essay originally appeared in American Affairs. The humanities are not just dying — they are almost dead. In...
Escuelas de Negocios, ¿deben estar en las universidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW Business Schools Have No Business in the University By Steven Conn FEBRUARY 20, 2018 PREMIUM When my history department colleagues and I gather for our monthly faculty meeting, we assemble in a slightly cramped seminar room and deposit ourselves...
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,...
The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ Molly Worthen FEB. 23, 2018 I teach at a big state university, and I often receive emails from software companies offering to help me do a basic part of my job: figuring out what my students have learned. If you...
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Conferencia sobre plinto de Plaza Italia
CCLM: Referentes del pensamiento crítico se reúnen en conferencia sobre icónico plinto de Plaza Italia María Graciela...
Chile: gratuidad, deuda y FES
Matrícula gratuita versus deuda estudiantil: la paradoja de las políticas públicas Carlos Olivares 02 de julio de...
Ingreso de graduados en el Reino Unido
¿Las universidades del Reino Unido están exagerando los datos sobre los ingresos de sus graduados? La revisión de dos...
Quién hizo qué en una publicación
Por qué es importante saber quién hizo qué en un trabajo de investigación Kim Eggleton y Daniel Keirs , 2 de julio...