We need a dynamic new model for post-secondary education Ellen Hazelkorn 20 June 2023 Near universal participation in higher education has been a huge achievement for OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. As we look towards the...
Universidades de elite en Gran Bretaña y EEUU
What elite American universities can learn from Oxbridge US colleges could make themselves more meritocratic — but do they want to? Simon Kuper, JUNE 15 2023 Both the US and UK preselect their adult elites early, by admitting a few 18-year-olds into brandname...
50 años: las universidades en Chile 1973-2023
No. 719, junio de 2023, pp. 45-48. LAS UNIVERSIDADES EN CHILE: PREGUNTAS ABIERTAS Las universidades del 1973 extraviaron su propio equilibrio interno, se desbordaron y tornaron militantes, y terminaron arrolladas, intervenidas, silenciadas y aplastadas por un golpe de...
Alex Usher: El futuro de la educación superior
The Far Future June 7, 2023 | Alex Usher Occasionally, I get asked about why higher education will look like in forty or fifty years. I usually beg off this kind of thing because predictions over that length of time aren’t very meaningful. I mean, will AI have an...
Mal uso de datos en la investigación
How Shoddy Data Becomes Sensational Research Academics are addicted to p-hacking, data torturing, and other statistical sins. By Gary Smith JUNE 6, 2023 Over the past 20 years, a wave of improbable-sounding scientific research has come under the microscope. Are Asian...
China: dilema de los graduados
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship. By Li Yuan Published May 30,...
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 UK’s best-known historian tells Matthew Reisz that identity politics is inhibiting history, nationalism only intensifies during global crises, and a...
Financiamiento basado en el desempeño
MAY 26, 2023 | ALEX USHER The World of Higher Education Podcast Performance-Based Funding in Europe If you’re in North America, you know that one of the perennial debates in higher education finance is about the efficacy of performance-based funding, or PBF, with the...
IA, ¿cómo afectará a la educación superior? Especial del Chronicle of Higher Education
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Higher Ed? ChatGPT is just the beginning. 12 scholars and administrators explain. THE REVIEW | FORUM, MAY 25, 2023 When ChatGPT made its public debut last year, the CEO of OpenAI, ChatGPT’s parent company, predicted that...
Gestión y especialización en las universidades
MAY 31, 2023 | ALEX USHER Economies of Scale and the Unmanageability of Universities I’ve recently had reason to ponder some of the mysteries of university management. I’ve concluded that it’s much harder to run a university in a moderately efficient fashion...
Crisis de financiamiento en las universidades inglesas
Slow cuts or risk lasting harm, staff warn stricken universities Institutions ‘caught between a rock and hard place’...
¿Hay un lugar para el microaprendizaje en la enseñanza universitaria?
Hay un lugar para el microaprendizaje en la enseñanza universitaria Robert Phillips 26 de febrero de 2025 El...
Colombia: Conversación sobre estado de su educación superior
Colombia's Higher Ed Utopia or Illusion? Insights with Javier Botero Watch on Youtube Listen to the Podcast Latin...
La utilidad (sic) de las humanidades
The Hidden Utility of the Liberal Arts Why they often fail to make their case, and how they can. Bridging the...