Can Canada Out-think the Underpants Gnome? March 14, 2023 | Alex Usher I recently read a fascinating book called “How to Make an Entrepreneurial State: Why Innovation Needs Bureaucracy “ by Rainer Kattel, Wolfgang Drechsler and Erkki Karo, all of whom are influenced...
¿Qué estatuto constitucional para la educación superior?
¿Qué estatuto constitucional para la educación superior? José Joaquín Brunner, Domingo 19 de marzo de 2023 "Hay poca necesidad de inventar. Desde ya, los principios rectores y el diseño básico se encuentran en la Ley Nº 21.091 sobre Educación Superior de 2018,...
ChatGPT en la educación superior de los países nórdicos
Universities adjust to ChatGPT, but the ‘real AI’ lies ahead Jan Petter Myklebust 04 March 2023 Like most countries in the world, the Nordic nations of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland have been hit by the recent ChatGPT hype and their universities are...
Libertad académica retrocede en el mundo
Academic freedom on decline in 22 countries worldwide Nathan M Greenfield 16 March 2023 Over the past decade, academic freedom has declined in more than 22 countries representing more than half of the world’s population, four billion people, says the Academic Freedom...
E. Cáceres: Sociedad y saber, los “bordes” de la educación superior
Sociedad y saber, los “bordes” de la educación superior Eugenio Cáceres, marzo 07, 2023 Unidad de Aseguramiento de la Calidad, Fundación AEQUALIS. Si se determinaran cambios en las políticas y consecuentes acciones relativas a la educación superior nacional, por...
Noruega: Cuestionada reforma de la educación superior
Academics say ‘total makeover’ plan will damage HE sector Jan Petter Myklebust 24 February 2023 Norway’s Research and Higher Education Minister Ola Borten Moe has been accused by some of the country’s top academics and his political opponents of rushing through...
Autonomía universitaria en Europa: Balance
University autonomy in Europe ‘eroded by political meddling’ Politicians’ recent marshalling of public institutions for geopolitical, economic and societal ends has narrowed their room to manoeuvre, according to EUA’s autonomy scorecard Ben Upton Twitter: @benwupton,...
España: Reforma de la Ley Orgánica del Sistema Universitario (LOSU)
Universidades ante el abismo Muchos esperábamos de este ministerio soluciones más ambiciosas y estructurales para el momento crítico actual. GASTON GILABERT, 24 FEB 2023 Es gravísimo que en España no exista un debate público sobre la educación superior. La...
Alex Usher: carga de trabajo académico
Improving Quality Without Increasing Professorial Workloads Yesterday, I spoke about the desirability of changing the nature of academic work – specifically, dividing the assessment part of the job from the instructional part by creating a group of employees that...
Régimen de trabajo academic por Alex Usher
Reducing Work February 14, 2023 | Alex Usher Recently, I asked my Twitter followers who taught in universities about the part of their job they liked the least. I asked because I am pretty convinced Canadian higher education isn’t going to get through the next decade...
Consejo Asesor de la Estrategia de Desarrollo para la Educación Superior
Consejo Asesor de la Estrategia de Desarrollo para la Educación Superior Martes 12 de Noviembre, 2024 La Subsecretaría...
Escrito antes y leido después de la elección de Trump
Universities can expect a frontal attack if Trump returns John Aubrey Douglass, 30 October 2024 With the 5 November...