The liberal arts can counteract polarisation – but there are caveats Higher education must double down on the liberal education values of interdisciplinarity, experiential learning and critical thinking, says Eric Skipper January 13, 2022 Eric Skipper Covid-19, true...
Australia: Ética proyectos de humanidades
Australian scientists join outcry over humanities research veto Leading scholars from Australian universities have joined scientific bodies to demand reversal of pre-election veto of humanities grants Jack Grove, January 10, 2022 Dozens of Australia’s leading...
Críticas en torno a la disciplina de la economía
What Critics of Economics Get Wrong Bashing the field is commonplace — but few are doing it for the right reasons. By Diane Coyle, professor of public policy at the University of Cambridge. OCTOBER 5, 2021 Economics comes in for plenty of criticism: Economists assume...
Sobre The Chair, serie Netflix sobre académicos de una tribu de las humanidades
The Chair: is Netflix show too painful for academics to watch? Scholars offer a range of views on the popular and much-anticipated Netflix series September 7, 2021 Matthew Reisz Source: Eliza Morse / ©Netflix / Alamy When Netflix last year announced a new...
¿Humanidades versus STEM?
Nicholas Dirks: the ‘two cultures’ must finally be reconciled Resistance to the knowledge generated by science will only be overcome with the help of the humanities. But what can universities do to bridge C. P. Snow’s famous divide between these fields, which endures...
¿Hacia un CV narrativo para los investigadores?
Research intelligence: how to write a compelling narrative CV With ‘storytelling’ CVs becoming crucial in hiring and funding decisions, Jack Grove explores how academics can craft compelling research statements August 3, 2021 Jack Grove Securing a first-authored paper...
Campos de estudio en discusión
Interdisciplinary questions: the academy’s most misunderstood fields Public confusion is one thing, but some subjects provoke quizzical and sometimes dismissive frowns even among colleagues from different departments. Here, nine academics set the record straight about...
JJ Brunner: Sobre utopía educacionales en el pensamiento de occidente
José Joaquín Brunner, Utopías Educacionales. En revista SOCIETAS - ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES, POLÍTICAS Y MORALES - pp. 99-112 Bajar número completo aquí
C. Peña: “Creo que hay pocas edades en la vida más proclives a las preguntas de la filosofía que la adolescencia”
ENTREVISTA MAY 2021 Carlos Peña, Rector de la UDP y columnista “Creo que hay pocas edades en la vida más proclives a las preguntas de la filosofía que la adolescencia” El abogado y doctor en Filosofía asegura que es imprescindible retomar algunas de las preguntas que...
¿Humanidades versus big data?
Data Is Not the Enemy of the Humanities Scholars like Jill Lepore misunderstand the nature of the digital threat. By Dan Sinykin APRIL 29, 2021 “Big data is coming for your books.” It’s been nearly a decade since a writer in the Los Angeles Review of Books opened his...
Conversaciones en torno al fogón
Ao pé da lareira By Simon Schwartzman on Nov 08, 2024 04:17 pm (Publicado em O Estado de São Paulo, 8 de novembro,...
Asia: Empleabilidad de graduados
Are universities to blame for rising youth unemployment in Asia? The rise of Asian higher education has coincided with...
Cómo hacer quen las cosas esté cada día un poco peor
One Thought to Start Your Day NOVEMBER 4, 2024 | ALEX USHER Enshittification as Strategy Many of you seem amused by my...
Republicanos de Trump: ¿terminarán con el ministerio de educación?
Republicans Could Abolish the Education Department. How Might That Work? Trump and his allies want to dismantle the...