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...
Elección de estudios en EEUU
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College By Julian Wyllie FEBRUARY 13, 2018 seb_ra/iStock What happens when a high-school student from a low-income family wants to attend a private college 100 miles away, but has a parent whispering in her ear to look...
Mérito, selección y accesibilidad académica
A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’ Copyright ©2018 Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a CMA publication. February 19, 2018 | : by Manuel S. Gonzalez Canche I simply refuse to believe that talent is clustered within those who have the most. I am convinced...
Usher: Seguimiento de la gratuidad en varios países
Roll On, Free Tuition February 6th, 2018 - Alex Usher I've written a few times over the years about the spread of Targeted Free Tuition (TFT) programs. Starting in Chile and Ontario in 2016 (after a false start in the UK in the late 1990s), they have started to...
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...
¿Innovación disruptiva en la educación superior?
When Will Tech Disrupt Higher Education? KENNETH ROGOFF, 5 February 2018 Universities pride themselves on producing creative ideas that disrupt the rest of society, yet higher-education teaching techniques continue to evolve at a glacial pace. Given education’s...
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...
¿(Des)implementando la Reforma Educacional?
¿(Des)implementando la Reforma Educacional? por SEBASTIÁN SALAZAR P. 6 febrero, 2018 Los expertos en gestión de riesgos y emergencia han establecido tres tipos de alertas ante la ocurrencia de una emergencia o catástrofe. Se habla de alerta verde o temprana preventiva...
Cierre Universidad Iberoamericana
Esta semana el CNED ratificó el cierre de esa casa de estudios Javier Mora, vicepresidente de Federación de Estudiantes de la U. Iberoamericana: “El miedo más profundo es no...
Universidades impotentes en su lucha contra Trump
Por qué las universidades son tan impotentes en su lucha contra Trump La administración ha convertido las fortalezas...
Trump recorta drásticamente el presupuesto de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias.
Trump propuso recortar drásticamente el presupuesto de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias. Un comité clave del Senado...
Estudiantes ‘ansiosos, confundidos y desconfiados’ sobre la IA
Los estudiantes se sienten 'ansiosos, confundidos y desconfiados' sobre la IA Elise Silva 18 de julio de 2025 El...
¿IA en la evaluación de la investigación?
¿Tiene cabida la IA en la evaluación de la investigación? Elizabeth Gadd y Nick Jennings , 18 de julio de 2025 A...