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...
El efecto a Bill Gates en la educación superior
The Gates Effect The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent $472-million (so far) on higher education. Why many in academe are not writing thank-you notes. Terry Crosgrove, who works in an Ohio plant that makes Slim Jims, is studying for an associate degree...
Francia: ¿Reforma sus universidades?
Left Bank Choosiness February 14th, 2018 - Alex Usher To Paris, where a couple of big changes in education policy have led to student demonstrations. Not particularly large or effective demonstrations (not yet, anyway), but significant nonetheless. The first - and...
Nuevo Rector de Harvard
Harvard Picks Former Tufts President as Its New Leader By Andy Thomason and Adam Harris FEBRUARY 11, 2018 Bill Sikes, AP Images Lawrence Bacow Harvard University has chosen for its 29th president a veteran leader of elite colleges. Lawrence S. Bacow, a former...
Sciences Po – Paris en la huella de Macron
Macron Efecto French president's alma mater sees surge in international applications. By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education February 9, 2018 Emmanuel Macron’s rapid rise to France’s presidency was always likely to raise the international profile of his alma mater....
Comunicación sin agenda
Comunicación sin agenda "El Gobierno, a pesar del empeño y empatía del Presidente, no logra transmitir un relato que...
Las paradojas del A Favor y el En Contra del 17 de diciembre
Las paradojas del A Favor y el En Contra del 17 de diciembre por José Joaquín Brunner, 29 noviembre, 2023 1 Estamos...
Condonación al CAE
Condonación al CAE: ¿Cómo el Gobierno cumplirá este compromiso? El ministro Marcel señaló que la solución a esta...
México, universidades y UNAM
Will a new president end Mexico’s stand-off over university policy? Mexican president Andrés Manuel López-Obrador has...