DECEMBER 8, 2022 | ALEX USHER The Politics of Student Loan Debt I am sure most of my readers are aware of the Biden Administration’s plans to forgive student loans. However, what may have gone under the radar is the way the current administration is staking a lot of...
Límites y posibilidades de la política educativa – Simposio
Circulación en la élite política
Viernes 10 de febrero de 2023 Circulación en la élite política "El proceso de renovación se desenvuelve con sorprendente resiliencia y institucional". José Joaquín Brunner Aún no se acostumbra el país al hecho de asistir a un ciclo de renovación de su élite política....
Intervención de universidades en el Estado de Florida
What Is Happening in Florida? Demands for diversity data, a governing-board overhaul, and a pledge to strip “trendy ideology” from higher ed. Is Ron DeSantis just getting started? By Francie Diep and Emma Pettit JANUARY 30, 2023 It’s been a dizzying month for...
Reino Unido: Contexto político y educación superior post-Brexit
Post-Brexit educational mobilities – What’s next? Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters 21 January 2023 Following its departure from the European Union in 2020, the United Kingdom left the Erasmus+ programme, which funded international mobility for higher education...
Venezuela: Contexto político y universidades
Universities punished for defending democratic values Juan Carlos Navarro 21 January 2023 Venezuela has been in the headlines for quite some time, given a succession of several rather extreme events. Within a few years, more than six million migrants – out of a...
Europa: Contexto político y educación superior
Universities and elections: Democratic actors or reactors? Sjur Bergan 21 January 2023 When one explores the issue of universities and elections, as University World News does in this and its previous edition, one should ask at least three questions: are universities...
La querella de las listas
OPINIÓN José Joaquín Brunner: La querella de las listas Insistir en una sola lista, como hacen el FA y el PC, significa prolongar la ficción de que continúa vigente la posibilidad de un proyecto de izquierda radical. Es decir, maximalista, refundacional, de ‘quiebre...
Brasil: Contexto político y educación superior
Cautious optimism in universities greets new president Lula Marcelo Knobel and Elizabeth Balbachevsky 08 January 2023 When Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s new president on 1 January 2023, he found higher education (and many other areas) a...
Sudáfrica: Corrupción en la educación superior
National task force for HE security after attack on university leader Edwin Naidu 14 January 2023 The apparent assassination attempt on one of South Africa’s top university leaders, in which his bodyguard was killed, has highlighted the threat of corruption that...
El papel de la crítica en la educación
El papel de la crítica en la educación Manuel Gil Antón| 28/09/2024 |05:18 |Actualizada 28/09/2024 05:18 Manuel Gil...
Los “dos culturas” en China y Occidente
China vs the West: Snow’s ‘two culture’ theory goes global Richard Holmes 28 August 2024 In 1959, CP Snow, a British...
La institucionalidad de las universidades: ¿forzadas a cambiar?
José Joaquín Brunner/ ex ministro de Estado, académico y experto en educación /La institucionalidad de las...
Universidades británicas: ¿Controlar el acceso?
Fresh calls for number controls after elites take more students Academics question why some universities should be...