Will Macron’s move against his alma mater make France’s HE system fairer? France’s president responded to the gilets jaunesmovement with a surprise plan to abolish the grande école ENA, reigniting debate about the country’s intensely hierarchical higher education...
Canadá: Agenda de política universitaria / de investigación
Honing the University Party's Growth Agenda September 16th, 2019 - Alex Usher It’s election season, and so everyone is trotting out promises and coming up with manifestos. These manifestos are lists of specific promised policy initiatives, but they are also –...
La economía como disciplina: encrucijadas
The Economists' New Clothes? With economists struggling to derive credible explanations of macroeconomic conditions from the prevailing models, those who have long criticized the discipline for its scientific pretensions are feeling vindicated. And it remains to be...
Eric Posner, Libros recientes sobre meritocracia en USA
The Meritocracy Muddle Sep 13, 2019 ERIC POSNER Populist resentment against "elites" is a recurring feature of modern democracy, owing to the fact that popular sovereignty is at odds with the careful management of increasingly complex economies. But what causes public...
OCDE Panorama de la Educación 2019
By Marie-Hélène Doumet Senior Analyst, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills Education at a Glance report provides a comprehensive overview of education systems in OECD member and partner countries, including detailed indicators across all levels of education –...
¿Por qué no la gratuidad? Una reflexión desde USA
Free Public College Is a Terrible Idea By Brian Rosenberg SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 PREMIUM Now that the race for the Democratic nomination for president is becoming more serious, it is time to take an equally serious look at the proposal for tuition-free public college...
Información para la educación: ¿aumentar o disminuir?
Columnistas Domingo 15 de septiembre de 2019 Información para la educación: ¿aumentar o disminuir? "Llama la atención que las dos modificaciones legales que se discuten en el Congreso —eliminar las notas de 1° a 4° básico y limitar la difusión de los resultados del...
Niños y jovenes fuera del colegio en el mundo
UIS Releases New Education Data and SDG 4 Indicators for 2018 School Year 13/09/2019 Focus on out-of-school children New data on the world’s out-of-school children reveal little or no progress for more than a decade, with about 258 million children, adolescents and...
Historia del sistema universitario argentino
“Historia del sistema universitario argentino” 11 septiembre, 2019 Viedma.- (APP) El viernes 20 de septiembre se estrena la serie en Canal Encuentro. Desde ese día, se emitirá cada viernes, a las 19.30. La serie producida por el Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional...
Legado: aquello que se deja o transmite a los sucesores
José Joaquín Brunner, Legado: aquello que se deja o transmite a los sucesores Sin duda, un grave problema del gobierno Piñera, que ahora lo hace aparecer descentrado, sin foco, confundido y confuso, es que no ha habido, precisamente, un eje; o sea, “una persona o cosa...
Cuentas y acusaciones
Cuentas y acusaciones ''El segundo recuento anual del Presidente Boric no significa cambios de relevancia para la...
Simón Schwrtzman: O financiamento das universidades federais
O financiamento das universidades federais By Simon on Jun 09, 2023 06:40 am (publicado em O Estado de São Paulo, 9 de...
China discute política de aranceles para estudiantes extranjeros
China considers international fee rises ‘in line’ with the West Proposed fee hike would signal shift away from...
Simon Schama: Rol de la historia y los historiadores
Simon Schama: ‘Do you think I’d be allowed to write that book now?’ As his new book on pandemics is published, the...