“Si me matan, que sea por ir a clase”: la educación sufre una media de ocho ataques cada día en el mundo Un informe concluye que, en 2022 y 2023, las agresiones contra centros educativos, estudiantes y docentes y el uso militar de las escuelas aumentaron un 20%. Los...
Violencia global sobre la educación superior
Steep rise in military attacks on higher education globally Brendan O’Malley 21 June 2024 The latest Education under Attack report published by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) notes a steep rise in military and political violence against...
Rectora UCH: libertad de expresión, de pensamiento y el pluralismo
Rosa Devés: “En la Universidad de Chile está en juego la libertad de expresión, de pensamiento y el pluralismo” La rectora de la institución habla sobre las guerras culturales y las censuras, además del episodio del ofensivo cartel en su contra por no romper vínculos...
“Acampes” en universidades británicas: diversidad de respuestas
Legal action over Gaza encampments on UK campuses Queen Mary and Birmingham go down legal route, as Swansea students claim victory, and Oxford protesters fear disciplinary reforms Patrick Jack,June 13, 2024 The fate of pro-Palestinian encampments on UK university...
U de Harvard : por qué y cuándo emitir pronunciamientos oficiales
Harvard Should Say Less. Maybe All Schools Should By Noah Feldman and Alison Simmons, May 28, 2024 Dr. Feldman is a law professor and Dr. Simmons is a professor of philosophy, both at Harvard. Last fall, Harvard University’s leadership found itself at the center of a...
Liberad académica por Louis Menand
ACADEMIC FREEDOM UNDER FIRE Politicians despise it. Administrators aren’t defending it. But it made our universities great—and we’ll miss it when it’s gone. By Louis Menand April 29, 2024 The congressional appearance last month by Nemat Shafik, the president of...
Libertad académica alrededor del mundo
Academic freedom in decline in 22 countries worldwide Nathan M Greenfield 16 March 2023 Over the past decade, academic freedom has declined in more than 22 countries representing more than half of the world’s population, four billion people, says the Academic Freedom...
Libertad académica y cancelación de los valores que la hacen posible
By imposing silence, universities betray their mission Jamil Salmi , emeritus professor of higher education policy at Diego Portales University, Chile, 26 April 2024 And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.” –...
Libertad académica en disputa en EEUU
The Fight Over Academic Freedom Amid spiraling campus speech debates, many professors are rallying in defense of a bedrock principle. But can they agree on just what it means? Image A gate at Harvard University showing the school’s motto, “Veritas,” or...
EEUU: Libertad académica amenazada
US faculty promise fight to protect academic freedom While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead Paul Basken, December 20, 2023 US students and faculty are rising up against partisan...
El trumpismo como metáfora: reflexión sobre el fin de la democracia liberal
El trumpismo como metáfora: reflexión sobre el fin de la democracia liberal La novedad actual consiste en que, de...
Trump y la ciencia
Trump’s anti-science appointees ‘drive demonisation of scholars’ With vaccine sceptics taking top White House posts,...
Universidades españolas en comparación
Razones para apostar por la Universidad La comparación con los países vecinos nos deja mal parados: España ocupa la...
Premios Nobel de 2024 y visiones de mundo
What do the 2024 Nobel prizes tell us about human society? Philip G Altbach and Tessa DeLaquil , 28 October 2024 The...