Category: Educação Superior

Jul 19

In Brazil the For-Profit Giants Keep Growing: The World View, Inside Higher Education

See original post here. In 2015, the Brazilian for-profit private sector in Higher Education registered a net income of R$ 49.3 billion (around US$ 14 billion). About 36% of this number comes from the 12 biggest educational groups. The relative size of these companies based on their share of total higher education enrolments are: Kroton …

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Apr 30

The challenge of building a research university

The challenge of building a research university; Marcelo Knobel and Renato HL Pedrosa, University World News, 29 April 2016, Issue No:411. Read full article HERE. The University of Campinas, or Unicamp, is a state-funded, comprehensive university. When it was founded 50 years ago, it was the second such university to be established in the state …

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Apr 09

High-stakes Entrance Examinations: A View from Brazil

Schwartzman, S. and M. Knobel (2016). “High-Stakes Entrance Examinations: a View From Brazil.” International Higher Education 85 (Spring, 2016): 19-20. https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ihe/article/view/9242 In Brazil, the growing dominance of the national exam for secondary education as a massive, unified entrance exam for higher education has several detrimental consequences. Besides effectively shaping the high school curriculum, with clear …

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Apr 09

Innovation in the Curriculum (in Spanish)

Nov 12

Estimation of Peer Effects with Predicted Social Ties: Evidence from Two Universities in Brazil and Russia

Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 30/EDU/2015 Oleg Poldin National Research University Higher School of Economics Tania P. Simoes Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Marcelo Knobel Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Maria Yudkevich National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) Abstract: Social interactions with peers during learning have a significant impact …

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Aug 11

Jornal da Unicamp: How Much is a Full Professor Worth?

Jornal da Unicamp No. 632, 2015 Full Article HERE>.

Jun 23

The World View: Further Reflections on the Brazilian Mobility Program

Full article publised at the blog “The World View” from “Inside Higher Education”. See it HERE. A recent blog by Luciane Stallivieri about the ambitious Brazilian mobility program of college students (Brazil’s Science Without Borders Program, May 31, 2015) hit the nail on the head regarding several issues in this debate. Although the numbers are …

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Jun 16

U.S. For-Profits in Brazil

Elizabeth Redden wrote a very interesting article at Insider Higher Education: U.S. For-Profits in Brazil Business is booming in Brazil for DeVry Education Group, an Illinois-based, publicly traded for-profit education company. DeVry reports that it enrolls more than 58,000 degree-seeking students in Brazil, plus another 53,000 students in test preparatory programs there. According to the company’s …

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May 19

International Higher Education: How much is a Full Professor worth? The challenge of attracting the best talent

Article published at International Higher Education, No. 81, Summer 2015. See complete article HERE. There are many factors that motivate the pursuit of an academic career, including academic freedom, prestige, stability, curiosity, among others. However, salary is also key to the future career choices of young talent. In the State of São Paulo, in Brazil, …

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Apr 14

University World News: Widening access without lowering quality

See complete article HERE. Higher education has experienced rapidly expanding enrolment worldwide for the past 40 years. This growth will probably continue for the next 20 years, with predictions of 400 million students in 2030, compared with 100 million in 2000. Is it possible to make this massification more equitable, while ensuring minimum standards of …

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