Administration vs. Academia March 26, 2024 | Alex Usher If there is one thing that unites academics, it is cynicism about university administration. To outsiders, this seems weird, because senior university administrators are, with relatively few exceptions, actually...
Mujeres en la academia: un llamado a la acción
Mujeres en la academia: un llamado a la acción marzo 14, 2024 Columnas AEQUALIS. 001. Marzo 2024 Pilar Romaguera (UDLA); Claudia Peirano (UST); Marigen Hornkohl (UMC); Eva Flandes (USEK), Rectoras de la Corporación de Universidades Privadas (CUP Chile) El Mes de la...
Política australiana para la educación superior por A lex Usher
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...
La Complutense ordena un recorte
La Complutense ordena un recorte del 35% en los gastos de sus facultades y vicerrectorados El centro educativo...
Rectores catalanes: financiación injusta e insuficiente
Los rectores catalanes: “Llevamos 15 años de financiación injusta e insuficiente” EL PAÍS y la Cadena SER reúnen a los...
Universidad católica australiana: crisis de gobernabilidad
Leading Catholic university battles identity crisis ‘Crisis’ snowballed following A$1 million payout to short-serving...
Un año para las ideas
Un año para las ideas Derechas e izquierdas están transitando por sus respectivos valles de la muerte ideacionales....