The Economics of Rankings November 27, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the greatest misapprehensions about rankings - and there are a lot, believe me - is that rankers are "just doing it for the money". For the most part, this is wrong. It's really hard to make money at...
Alex Usher: Universidad neoliberal (5)
Last Orders on Neoliberalism (Neoliberalism Part 5) November 24th, 2017 - Alex Usher To sum up the week's arguments: Neoliberalism is about markets. There are actually very few genuine markets in higher education and where there are they can be quite beneficial...
Educación superior: Un enfoque de economía política
Curso dictado en el MBA - Magíster en Dirección de Empresas de la Universidad Diego portales, sábado 2 de diciembre de 2017, sobre el enfoque de economía política de la educación superior. Bajar la Presentación del curso aquí
Alex Usher: Universidad Neoliberal (3)
Universities and Competition (Neoliberalism Part 3) November 22nd, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the key accusations about universities and neoliberalism is that the system is too obsessed with competition. On the face of it, this looks like the easiest argument to make...
OCDE: Desempeño de las escuelas en el aprendizaje de destrezas blandas
educationtoday blog Are school systems ready to develop students’ social skills? Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:43 AM PST by Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills Successes and failures in the classroom will increasingly shape the fortunes of...
Alex Usher: Significado de universidad neoliberal (2)
What People Mean When They Talk About Neoliberal Universities (Part 2) November 21st, 2017 - Alex Usher Yesterday I talked about how the notion of neo-liberal universities was based on four concepts: greater use of market mechanisms, increased use of competitions, the...
OCDE: Movilidad internacional de estudiantes
Is the growth of international student mobility coming to a halt? Posted: 16 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST by Dirk Van Damme Head of the Skills Beyond School Division, Directorate for Education and Skills Higher education is one of the most globally integrated systems of the...
Alex Usher: Significado de una “universidad neoliberal” (1)
What People Mean When They Talk About Neoliberal Universities (Part 1) November 20th, 2017 - Alex Usher The term "neoliberal university" gets bandied around a lot. But what does it mean? Neoliberalism is hard to write about sensibly because there's a lack of...
OECD: ¿Es justa la gratuidad?
Is free higher education fair? Posted: 15 Nov 2017 05:28 AM PST by Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university...
Entrevista sobre la coyuntura postelectoral
Entrevista con EMOL, 20 de noviembre de 2017 Video
Mal uso de datos en la investigación
How Shoddy Data Becomes Sensational Research Academics are addicted to p-hacking, data torturing, and other...
China: dilema de los graduados
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ With youth unemployment at a record, the...
Cuentas y acusaciones
Cuentas y acusaciones ''El segundo recuento anual del Presidente Boric no significa cambios de relevancia para la...
Simón Schwrtzman: O financiamento das universidades federais
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