La cuarentena por el coronavirus mejora la calidad del aire, pero no sustituye la acción climática Emisiones de una fábrica en Manhattan, Nueva York.Noticias ONU/Daniel Dickinson 23 Marzo 2020 Cambio climático y medioambiente A pesar de una disminución de la...
Consejos para la educación
Managing Education Systems During COVID-19: An Open Letter to A Minister of Education MARCH 23, 2020 Karen Mundy and Susannah Hares,© 2020 Center for Global Development Dear Minister, As of March 23, more than 124 countries have closed their education systems either...
¿Cuánto trabajan algunos académicos?
Should you be working 100 hours a week? Mary Beard’s recent admission that she is a ‘mug’ who works 100 hours a week caused a Twitter storm. But how hard is it reasonable for academics to work? Who should decide? And should the mugs be obliged to keep quiet? Seven...
Nuevas concepciones del PhD
The New Ph.D. Momentum grows to rewrite the rules of graduate training By Marc Parry February 16, 2020 PREMIUM (c) Meg Berkobien couldn’t do it anymore. She’d finished about three-quarters of a doctoral dissertation in comparative literature. Her advisers at the...
¿Investigación interdisciplinaria?
Is interdisciplinary research really the best way to tackle global challenges? Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone the mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does the concept really mean? Will it really yield the insights it promises? And how best...
¿Estamos preparados para lo que viene?
Columnistas Domingo 09 de febrero de 2020 ¿Estamos preparados para lo que viene? "El futuro trato de la educación superior por parte del Estado y la proyección de las instituciones en un contexto de fuerte politizació, como viviremos al menos hasta 2025, es algo mucho...
DIRECTIVOS universitarios de EEUU frente a desafíos del 2020
BRIEF 7 college presidents share their biggest challenges for 2020 We checked in with the execs who contributed columns for last year's President Speaks series to ask what hurdles they expect on their campus this year. Credit: Fotolia By Education Dive Staff Published...
Primarias en EEUU y propuestas demócratas para la educación superior
View as Webpage Higher Education and the Democratic Primaries, 2020 February 3rd 2020 - Alex Usher The Iowa caucuses take place south of the border tonight. The Democratic Primary has come down to four serious candidates – Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete...
Simon Marginson: Universidades británicas tras el Brexit
How should the UK position itself in the new geopolitics of higher education? With Brexit, we’re on the precipice of a new world order, but UK universities have first mover advantage if they act fast, says Simon Marginson January 30, 2020 By Simon Marginson Tomorrow...
Jornada laboral académica
WORKING HOURS JANUARY 29, 2020 | ALEX USHER I was intrigued to read this story in the Times Higher Education about Dutch academics complaining about having to work “structural unpaid overtime” of 12-15 hours per week, which this report says is 36% above their regular...
Acuerdos entre gobierno universitario y protestantes en favor de causa palestina
Agreements with campus protesters: Remarkable or shameful? Nathan M Greenfield 14 May 2024 Virginia Foxx, the chair...
UCH y la movilización del “acampe”
La visión de la academia representada en las palabras de la Rectora Deves Acampe en Casa Central. Rosa Devés, rectora...
Alianzas de universidades en Europa
MAY 14, 202 | ALEX USHER European University Alliances For a long time, whatever came out of Europe in terms of big...
Tecnología y educación: entre el pánico moral y la misión institucional
Tecnología y educación: entre el pánico moral y la misión institucional Más que prohibir los móviles, la escuela debe...