Performance-Based Funding (Part 1) Posted on February 17, 2015 by Alex Usher I was reading the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association (OCUFA)’s position statement on a new funding formula for the province. Two things caught my eye. One, they want...
Universidades españolas en ranking mundiales
Educación instruye a las universidades para que se vendan mejor en el mundo El ministerio elabora una guía de recomendaciones formales para que los campus suban puestos en los ‘rankings’ aunque deja de lado la financiación PILAR ÁLVAREZ , El País, Madrid 13 FEB 2015 -...
Big Data en educación
An Overview of Big Data in Education (by UNESCO Bangkok) © Flickr/Eric Fischer 30.01.2015 With no precise definition in place, the term big datausually refers to any data that is too large to be handled effectively by the traditional database software. The common 3...
Lenguaje esotérico de las políticas de educación superior
Rowan Williams criticises ‘inhuman and divisive’ jargon of higher education policy 29 January 2015 | By John Morgan Jargon demanded by REF ‘risks isolating universities from rest of society’ Source: Alamy Plain speaking: Rowan Williams calls for a stop to the use of...
Monitoreo del emplea de graduados PhD
Tracking the Elusive Ph.D. Where do Ph.D. recipients end up in five years? In 10? A comprehensive project organized by the Council of Graduate Schools hopes to find out. By Vimal Patel, January 22, 2015 Due in part to a weakening academic job market, some colleges and...
Curso avanzado sobre costos universitarios de Alex Usher
Entre los días 19 y 23 de enero de 2015, Alex Usher publica en su blog académico un pequeño curso elemental, en Chile sería avanzado, sobre economía de la sala de clase (universitaria) según lo llama él. Sin duda, un aporte directo para el debate que comenzará a la...
Nuevo International Higher Education (IHE)
Open Journal Systems Home > No 79 International Higher Education The full current issue is available here International Higher Education (IHE) is the quarterly publication of the Center for International Higher Education. IHE publishes insightful, informed, and...
Salmi sobre educación superior en Iberoamérica
The World View A blog from the Center for International Higher Education Ibero-America Still Lags January 11, 2015 - 8:49pm By Jamil Salmi Seen from an international perspective, the higher education systems of the Ibero-American countries present fascinating...
Medicion de las ciencias: ¿qué medir?
The big grants, the big papers: are we missing something? Times Higher Education, 15 JANUARY 2015 A perverse focus on research cash and high-impact publications threatens academics’ careers and the aims of science itself, says Dorothy Bishop You’re applying for an...
Un libro valioso para el verano
'Locus of Authority' By Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Education, January 5, 2015 The idea of shared governance probably conjures different notions for trustees, administrators and faculty members. But let’s say it’s a spectrum, with faculty advocates who want a say...
PISA: Consejos de A. Schleicher
Consejos del padre de PISA: los mejores profesores para los desfavorecidos, matemáticas menos superficiales o motivar...
España: El auge de las clases particulares
El auge de las clases particulares: los ricos las usan para diferenciar a sus hijos, los pobres para que no se queden...
Finlandia: programa de doctorados en tres años
Government to fund 1,000 PhDs who have to finish in 3 years Jan Petter Myklebust 01 February 2024 A pilot programme...
Países bajos: debate sobre política de financiamiento de la investigación
The Netherlands’ new science policy is unevidenced, undebated and risky Previous output is by far the best predictor...