ADMISSIONS & STUDENT AID Justice Dept. Charges Dozens in Admissions Bribery Scheme Involving Elite Colleges By Andy Thomason MARCH 12, 2019 The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. Dozens of people, from famous actors to college coaches and...
Educación Superior en Brasil: Simon Schwartzman
A Fábrica de Ilusões By Simon on Mar 09, 2019 08:51 am (Artigo publicado no jornal O Estado de São Paulo em 9/3/2019) No Brasil, todos querem ganhar na loteria, e muita gente joga, mesmo que pouquíssimos ganhem. No ensino superior é parecido: certa de 7 milhões se...
MO Recart: Rectora UST
Gratuidad: “Como economista pura, habría apostado por la educación preescolar” El Diario Financiero, 8 marzo 2019 María Olivia Recart, primera rectora de la Universidad Santo Tomás, una institución que aspira a entrar a la gratuidad, señala que aunque no está a favor...
Racionamiento de creditos estudiantiles en países seleccionados
View as Webpage Rationing Loans February 8th, 2019 - Alex Usher While student loans are cheaper (and hence more commonly used) than grants, they still cost money, both in terms of interest subsidies and in terms of loan losses through loan defaults. As a result,...
Polarización de la riqueza entre universidades de USA
This Is Higher Education’s Gilded Age Natalya Balnova for The Chronicle Review By Brian Rosenberg FEBRUARY 03, 2019 PREMIUM Michael Bloomberg announced in November that he was making a gift of $1.8 billion to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University. For the...
Encuesta Aequalis: Rectores sobre reformas 2014-2018
BOLETÍN INFORMATIVO N°48 Febrero 2019 Nota técnica AEQUALIS: 63% rectores IES estima que nueva Ley educación superior no las favorece El 79% estima que la autonomía no queda debidamente resguardada con el nuevo marco regulatorio Los resultados de la muestra dados a...
Simón Schwartzman: ¿Universidad para todos?
Universidade para todos? By Simon on Jan 29, 2019 09:11 am Em entrevista para o jornal Valor o Ministro da Educação, Ricardo Velez, disse que Universidade para Todos não existe, que a universidade deveria ser para uma elite intelectual. O reitor da Unicamp, Marcelo...
Nuevo trato entre rectores
Integran el consejo asesor de la ministra Cubillos El nuevo “trato” de los rectores Hasta hace poco en trincheras distintas, los rectores de la Universidad de Chile y de los Andes revelan la “nueva etapa” de colaboración en que están embarcados, intentando dejar atrás...
Religiones en la educación superior de los EEUU
‘The Resilience of Religion in American Higher Education’ Authors discuss new book about the diversity and strength of religion in academe -- as well as some of the tensions. By Scott Jaschik January 11, 2019 0 COMMENTS William F. Buckley Jr.'s 1951 book God and Man...
Admisión a las universidades: perspectiva internacional
University admissions: which system is the fairest? Standardised test scores, interviews, entrance exams, choosing the top percentage of applicants: all are used in university admissions. Ellie Bothwell asks which methods provide the most honest reflection of...
T. Snyder: ¿Qué es la libertad?
¿Qué es la libertad? La palabra más usada (y maltratada) en política La libertad no es solo la ausencia de barreras y...
Qué traerá consigo el segundo gobierno Trump
The second Trump term: Higher education braces for impact Nathan M Greenfield 08 November 2024 ‘Professors are the...
Conversaciones en torno al fogón
Ao pé da lareira By Simon Schwartzman on Nov 08, 2024 04:17 pm (Publicado em O Estado de São Paulo, 8 de novembro,...
Asia: Empleabilidad de graduados
Are universities to blame for rising youth unemployment in Asia? The rise of Asian higher education has coincided with...