Supporting Students or Institutions? Alex USHER February 13th, 2018 - Alex Usher Over the last few years I have noted a significant trend in provincial government spending across Canada, one which we termed "feed the student, starve the schools". Basically,...
Salud y bienestar y su impacto en la educación
Why schools should pay more attention to students’ mental health and well-being Posted: 14 Mar 2018 09:26 AM PDT by Anna Choi Analyst, Economist/Analyst at CFE/LESI (Local employment, skills, and social innovation) The notion of well-being and happiness has...
Conocimientos y remuneración
Aquí puede consultar las columnas anteriores El sueldo te lo subes tú Javier Martínez Aldanondo Gerente de Gestión del Conocimiento de Catenaria [email protected] y [email protected] Twitter: @javitomar “Cada vez estoy más convencido de que nuestra...
Usher sobre internacionalización de la educación superior
The End of Internationalization? March 2nd, 2018 - Alex Usher Some of you may have seen an article earlier this week from Phil Altbach and Hans De Wit (the former and current Directors of the Centre for Higher Education at Boston College). Do read the whole thing,...
Revista de educación superior en América Latina: ESAL No. 3
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¿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...
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...
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...
GPT y la academia
After a year of ChatGPT, is academia getting to grips with generative AI? Students love it but faculty typically hate...
P. Mishra: una visión crítica de la guerra cultural en tornaba Gaza
Israel en Gaza: el último episodio del colonialismo brutal y racista El Estado judío, al fin y al cabo, persigue a...
Los acuerdos para destrabar el presupuesto de educación 2024
Los acuerdos para destrabar el presupuesto de educación 2024 noviembre 30, 2023 Desde septiembre de este año se está...
Entrevista: Condonación CAE
Exministro Brunner considera “imposible” condonar de manera universal el CAE “tanto en este gobierno como en los que...