¿El fin de las universidades? Muchos se preguntan si ha llegado el fin de las universidades o, por lo menos, del modelo de provisión de educación superior tras la irrupción de las nuevas tecnologías digitales. Otto Granados es presidente del Consejo Asesor de la OEI....
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This Is Higher Education’s Gilded Age Natalya Balnova for The Chronicle Review By Brian Rosenberg FEBRUARY 03, 2019 PREMIUM Michael Bloomberg announced in November that he was making a gift of $1.8 billion to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University. For the...
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