Leading in Turbulent Times: A Survey of Presidents By Doug Lederman March 9, 2018 Public confidence in higher education is waning -- and institutions’ leaders don’t seem terrifically cocky themselves, Inside Higher Ed’s new Survey of College and University Presidents...
¿Muerte de las humanidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW There Is No Case for the Humanities And deep down we know our justifications for it are hollow By Justin Stover MARCH 04, 2018 This essay originally appeared in American Affairs. The humanities are not just dying — they are almost dead. In...
Carta de ex rector UCH: Legado para universidades estatales
SEÑOR DIRECTOR Establecer un “nuevo trato” entre el Estado y sus universidades era parte del programa del actual gobierno de la Presidenta Bachelet, algo que la Universidad de Chile venía reclamando desde el retorno a la democracia para reparar el daño institucional,...
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...
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...
Sciences Po – Paris en la huella de Macron
Macron Efecto French president's alma mater sees surge in international applications. By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education February 9, 2018 Emmanuel Macron’s rapid rise to France’s presidency was always likely to raise the international profile of his alma mater....
La reforma de Camila Vallejo y Giorgio Jackson
Opinión La reforma de Camila Vallejo y Giorgio Jackson Hugo Herrera, Dr. en Filosofía y Prof. titular Instituto de Humanidades, UDP Vallejo y Jackson tienen mucho en común: son de izquierda; tuvieron puntajes discretos en la PSU; a juzgar por lo que hablan, llevaron a...
La IA no salvará la educación superior. La dividirá aún más.
La IA no salvará la educación superior. La dividirá aún más. Richard Watermeyer , Donna Lanclos y Lawrie Phipps, 1...
Ranking personal
Me dediqué a ver dónde están la sabiduría y la ciencia, la estupidez y la locura. Pero ahora veo que aun eso es correr...
A. Usher: La educación superior vista por la OECD – 2025
Alex Usher, 29 de septiembre de 2025 (Traducción automática de Google) Hace tres semanas, la Organización para la...
Amenazas versus propuestas
Amenazas versus propuestas "La elección presidencial corre el riesgo de reducirse a escoger el “mal menor”: un...