Are We Out of Ideas? I was prepping yesterday for my podcast interview with Australian higher education expert Andrew Norton on the subject of the Australian Universities’ Accord (watch for it a week tomorrow) and while reading the report—which is a competent one, as...
Qué hace a una universidad
Don’t ditch research quality benchmarks, universities say Australian institutions say new research rules are not to blame as registration delays stretch on March 11, 2024 John Ross Universities have defended Australia’s new research quality requirements after the...
Ranking THE: Universidades Chilenas
World University Rankings 2024 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities across 108 countries and regions. The table is based on our new WUR 3.0 methodology, which includes 18 carefully calibrated performance indicators that...
Nueva Escocia, Canadá: ¿más Estado, regulación, menos financiamiento?
MARCH 4, 2024 | ALEX USHER One Thought to Start Your Day Nova Scotia and the Politics of Listening I know, I know, you all want more on the ongoing omnishambles that is Ontario. You’re going to have to wait. What’s happening in Nova Scotia is probably more...
Universidades chilenas en Ranking de impacto según THE – 2023
EXPLORE IMPACT RANKINGS FOR INDIVIDUAL SDGS (ver metodología de cálculo al final de la Tabla de posiciones) Rank Name Best scores by rank Overall 101–200 Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) Chile 5 68.4 3 73.5–78.9 15 77.6 17 81.9–86.9 SDG Descriptions 82.2–88.2 201–300...
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...
Richard Sennett a los ‘80
Richard Sennett: ‘I’ve always felt like a fish out of water in academia’ The feted urban sociologist Richard Sennett tells Matthew Reisz about how his former career as a cellist inspired his latest trilogy of books, why his ideal university would be more night school...
La prohibición de conocer como principio educativo
Teaching Ignorance in Florida Prohibitions on knowledge draw attention to what they prohibit. By Peter Brooks FEBRUARY 6, 2024 “Teaching Ignorance”: That’s the title of a famous essay by the literary critic Barbara Johnson, published in a 1982 issue of Yale French...
Un ejercicio con IA y sus limites
An AI-informed discussion of research methods in digital learning Tony Bates, January 12, 2024 Each year I do a webinar with Ph.D students in the Doctor of Education in Distance Education at Athabasca University. Because I am now retired I haven’t been keeping up with...
Harvard y MIT: IA aplicada al acceso y retención
After pioneering edX, Harvard and MIT tackle online access afresh With Axim, elite university duo looks to aid innovation more than create it – and keep $800 million nest egg February 7, 2024 Paul Basken Access aids: Harvard and MIT promised to use proceeds of edX...
El programa trumpiano 2025 y la educación superior
Project 2025 poses a threat to US global leadership in HE James Yoonil Auh 11 September 2024 Project 2025, officially...
Relatos de escándalos y élites
Relatos de escándalos y élites por José Joaquín Brunner, 11 de septiembre de 2024 Nuestro mes de septiembre ha ido...
Noam Chomsky, el intelectual que se ha enfrentado a (casi) todo
Noam Chomsky, el intelectual que se ha enfrentado a (casi) todo A pesar de estar sin facultad de habla a raíz del...
PNUD: Informe de Desarrollo Humano a escala global
McKinsey Global Institute Has the drive toward human development been thrown into reverse? September 3, 2024 | Podcast...