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...
Europa: Contexto político y educación superior
Universities and elections: Democratic actors or reactors? Sjur Bergan 21 January 2023 When one explores the issue of universities and elections, as University World News does in this and its previous edition, one should ask at least three questions: are universities...
Contexto político global y educación superior
Higher education can reverse its democratic recession William G Tierney 21 January 2023 One need not be a linguist to acknowledge the fluidity of language. In 1977 Lewis B Mayhew, one of academe’s preeminent scholars of higher education, penned Legacy of the...
Sudáfrica: Corrupción en la educación superior
National task force for HE security after attack on university leader Edwin Naidu 14 January 2023 The apparent assassination attempt on one of South Africa’s top university leaders, in which his bodyguard was killed, has highlighted the threat of corruption that...
¿Quién le tiene miedo a ChatGPT?
Why I’m Not Scared of ChatGPT The limits of the technology are where real writing begins. By Christopher Grobe! JANUARY 18, 2023 Each time I embark on a new writing project, I find that I’ve forgotten how to write. I type and delete sentence fragments. I list claims...
USA: Las nuevas condiciones postpandemia de la economía política universitaria
The Shrinking of Higher Ed In the past, colleges grew their way out of enrollment crises. This time looks different. By Karin Fischer, AUGUST 12, 2022 Nearly 1.3 million students have disappeared from American colleges during the Covid-19 pandemic, raising...
Libertad académica en America Latina y EEUU
Is Academic Freedom a Human Right? In Mexico, a conference raises provocative questions about politics and the university By Jeffrey Aaron Snyder JANUARY 11, 2023 Is academic freedom a basic human right? This was just one of many provocative questions I had...
¿Hechos científicamente validados?
‘Institute for scientific facts’ aims to smash fake news Mass polls of global scientists could help to debunk myths about extent of division on contested issues January 10, 2023 Jack Grove With a cacophony of scientific voices on social media – some well informed,...
La relación con el trabajo como fenómeno sociológico
Por Pedro Carvallo González, Paula Araneda y Antonia Vega Pacheco, 30.01.2026 Los autores de esta columna analizan los...
Una bienvenida polémica a propósito del belletrismo: Karmi, Castillo, Agüero, Schapacasse, Valderrama, Salazar, Rojas
Mi columna dedicada a "La izquierda de las belles lettres" ha dado lugar a una viva polémicas través de diversas...
Anticipos preocupantes
El aterrizaje de Kast deja ver al menos tres fisuras que anticipan una administración compleja. José Joaquín Brunner,...
Jisc Futures: ¿cómo será la investigación en 2035?
Joanna Dally y Frances Downey imaginan la cultura de la investigación del futuro (2026) Traducción automática de...