Better Know a Higher Ed System: Japan (Part 1) May 22nd, 2018 - Alex Usher I haven’t done one of these in awhile and since I’m vacationing here, so it seems like it’s time. Japan is a fascinating country for any number of reasons, but one of them is that it has...
¿Japón y Corea deciden ir hacia la gratuidad?
ONE THOUGHT TO START YOUR DAY Free Tuition, Sea of Japan Style May 19th, 2017 - Alex Usher To Tokyo, where the ruling Liberal Democrats are considering adopting a proposal from a small right-wing party (Nippon Ishin no Kai - roughly, Japan Restoration Party) to...
El futuro del trabajo y un interesante informe de McKinsey
Computers jump to the Head of the class Michael Fitzpatrick, The New York Times, 29.12.2013 TOKYO — If a computer could ace the entrance exam for a top university, what would that mean for mere mortals with average intellects? This is a question that has bothered...
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Crisis de las crisis "Cabe interrogar su tan extendido uso y su aprovechamiento político". José Joaquín Brunner, 24 de...
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The ChatGPT revolution of academic research has begun Jack Grove, March 16, 2023 The AI chatbot may soon kill the...
Alex Usher sobre Estado innovador, Mazucatto y otros: 4 piezas
Can Canada Out-think the Underpants Gnome? March 14, 2023 | Alex Usher I recently read a fascinating book called “How...