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...
ChatGDP: reacciones desde el mundo universitario
Sciences Po bans ChatGPT amid HE quality, integrity fears Karen MacGregor 03 February 2023 Leading French grande école Sciences Po has banned the use of ChatGPT, the new chatbot capable of instantly writing essays, that has sparked consternation in higher education...
Intervención de universidades en el Estado de Florida
What Is Happening in Florida? Demands for diversity data, a governing-board overhaul, and a pledge to strip “trendy ideology” from higher ed. Is Ron DeSantis just getting started? By Francie Diep and Emma Pettit JANUARY 30, 2023 It’s been a dizzying month for...
Suecia: Educación superior en nuevo contexto político
What will a shift to the right mean for higher education? Jan Petter Myklebust 21 January 2023 Since the Sweden Democrats (SD) became the largest member of the country’s right-wing bloc in last year’s elections, questions have been raised about how much impact the...
Reino Unido: Contexto político y educación superior post-Brexit
Post-Brexit educational mobilities – What’s next? Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters 21 January 2023 Following its departure from the European Union in 2020, the United Kingdom left the Erasmus+ programme, which funded international mobility for higher education...
EEUU: Contexto político de la educación superior
Blue versus red states: Higher education policy-making in the US John Aubrey Douglass 21 January 2023 The midterm elections in the United States brought a sort of victory for President Joe Biden and the Democrats, including the retention of a slim majority in the...
Venezuela: Contexto político y universidades
Universities punished for defending democratic values Juan Carlos Navarro 21 January 2023 Venezuela has been in the headlines for quite some time, given a succession of several rather extreme events. Within a few years, more than six million migrants – out of a...
Desavenencias en 3 niveles
Desavenencias en 3 niveles "Lo que está ocurriendo en las derechas es un verdadero sismo ideológico". José Joaquín...
“La profesión legal en Chile está desafiada”
Isabel Aninat, abogada: “La profesión legal en Chile está desafiada” La decana de Derecho de la Universidad Adolfo...
La encuesta anti-DEI de Trump mirada desde Australia
La encuesta anti-DEI de Trump: Es hora de repensar nuestro sistema de investigación Brendan Walker-Munro, 17 de marzo...
¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?
¿Préstamos estudiantiles o impuestos?: Mario Alarcón y José Joaquín Brunner Marzo/25 Mario Alarcón (profesor de la U....