Ten Bad Arguments about Free Tuition in Canada February 20th, 2018 - Alex Usher So this weekend at the NDP convention, delegates voted in favour of a free tuition policy. Based on a totally unscientific scan of twitter afterwards, here are the ten most common...
Reforma educacional: de los textos a la implementación
Reforma educacional: de los textos a la implementación La paradoja es que, nacida en el gobierno Bachelet, sus contenidos y alcances, su impacto y efectos más duraderos, se concretarán bajo las órdenes del gobierno Piñera. José Joaquín Brunner Quizá el principal...
Preparar profesores para el siglo 21
Preparing teachers for 21st century challenges Posted: 22 Mar 2018 02:57 AM PDT By Andreas Schleicher Director, Directorate for Education and Skills Preparing today’s students to thrive in their society is no easy task. The skills and knowledge they’ll need to succeed...
Condiciones de salud y aprendizaje
Is physical health linked to better learning? - February 21, 2018 by Tracey Burns Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Mahatma Gandhi once said: "it is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver". And indeed, our physical well-being...
Profesores: horas de enseñanza en aula
How primary and secondary teachers differ and why it matters - February 01, 2018 by Marie-Helene Doumet, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills Learning needs vary as we evolve through life. The early years of education set the stage for children’s...
Escuelas de Negocios, ¿deben estar en las universidades?
THE CHRONICLE REVIEW Business Schools Have No Business in the University By Steven Conn FEBRUARY 20, 2018 PREMIUM When my history department colleagues and I gather for our monthly faculty meeting, we assemble in a slightly cramped seminar room and deposit ourselves...
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...
Trump propone armar a los colegios
Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, FEB. 22, 2018, NEW YOTK TIMES To deter school shootings, President Trump supported the idea of giving teachers bonuses if they agree to carry guns in the classroom. By THE...
Mérito, selección y accesibilidad académica
A Call for Elite Schools to Redefine ‘Merit’ Copyright ©2018 Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, a CMA publication. February 19, 2018 | : by Manuel S. Gonzalez Canche I simply refuse to believe that talent is clustered within those who have the most. I am convinced...
Universidades de los EEUU: Nuevas relaciones estudiantes / profesores
Power Shift The student-professor dynamic has changed. That makes many faculty members nervous. By Emma Pettit APRIL...
Gobernanza de la educación superior: debates y reflexiones
Acceder aquí: Gobernanza de la educación superior: debates y reflexione ( minuto 39:00 en adelante) Cátedra Futuros de...
Micro credenciales y el rol de las universidades
Micro-credentials: The Path of Least Resistance Alex Usher, April 4, 2023 There was, he continued, little incentive...
La tradición de la universidad europea y el sur global
El nuevo tablero global de las universidades: sin la tutela occidental y con otros objetivos Ocho figuras académicas...