The Economics of Rankings November 27, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the greatest misapprehensions about rankings - and there are a lot, believe me - is that rankers are "just doing it for the money". For the most part, this is wrong. It's really hard to make money at...
Alex Usher: Universidad neoliberal (5)
Last Orders on Neoliberalism (Neoliberalism Part 5) November 24th, 2017 - Alex Usher To sum up the week's arguments: Neoliberalism is about markets. There are actually very few genuine markets in higher education and where there are they can be quite beneficial...
Alex Usher: Universidad Neoliberal (4)
Measurement and Management at Universities (Neoliberalism Part 4) November 23rd, 2017 - Alex Usher To date, we have looked at market mechanisms and competition in universities and shown that a) they aren't in fact all that neo-liberal and b) particularly with respect...
Educación superior: Un enfoque de economía política
Curso dictado en el MBA - Magíster en Dirección de Empresas de la Universidad Diego portales, sábado 2 de diciembre de 2017, sobre el enfoque de economía política de la educación superior. Bajar la Presentación del curso aquí
Alex Usher: Universidad Neoliberal (3)
Universities and Competition (Neoliberalism Part 3) November 22nd, 2017 - Alex Usher One of the key accusations about universities and neoliberalism is that the system is too obsessed with competition. On the face of it, this looks like the easiest argument to make...
XV Congreso Internacional de Organización de Instituciones Educativas (CIOIE)
XV Congreso Internacional de Organización de Instituciones Educativas (CIOIE) 17, 18 y 19 de octubre de 2018 La Universidad de Lleida, a través del Equipo de Desarrollo Organizacional (EDO) de la Facultad de Educación, Psicología y Trabajo Social, tiene el...
Alex Usher: Significado de universidad neoliberal (2)
What People Mean When They Talk About Neoliberal Universities (Part 2) November 21st, 2017 - Alex Usher Yesterday I talked about how the notion of neo-liberal universities was based on four concepts: greater use of market mechanisms, increased use of competitions, the...
OCDE: Movilidad internacional de estudiantes
Is the growth of international student mobility coming to a halt? Posted: 16 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST by Dirk Van Damme Head of the Skills Beyond School Division, Directorate for Education and Skills Higher education is one of the most globally integrated systems of the...
Alex Usher: Significado de una “universidad neoliberal” (1)
What People Mean When They Talk About Neoliberal Universities (Part 1) November 20th, 2017 - Alex Usher The term "neoliberal university" gets bandied around a lot. But what does it mean? Neoliberalism is hard to write about sensibly because there's a lack of...
OECD: ¿Es justa la gratuidad?
Is free higher education fair? Posted: 15 Nov 2017 05:28 AM PST by Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university...
Reunión extraordinaria de ministras y ministros de Educación de América Latina y el Caribe
Chile será sede de reunión extraordinaria de ministras y ministros de Educación de América Latina y el Caribe La cita...
Harald Beyer y la soledad escolar
Soledad escolar: ¿una epidemia? Harald Beyer: “...El estudio efectuado en jóvenes de 15 años que rindieron la prueba...
Andrés Sanfuentes, economista, sobre educación chilena
La educación como origen del estancamiento y la mantención de la desigualdad Por : Andrés Sanfuentes Vergara...
Académica argentina visitante cuestiona el enfoque de educación emocional en uso
Académica será parte del primer Congreso de Educación y Pedagogía Ana Abramowski: "La educación emocional es una...