Category: Opinião

Feb 25

The World View: Will Professors Teach Differently in 10 Years?

Unfortunately, my guess is that the answer to this question is a sound “NO”. Despite continuous claims of a revolution in classroom teaching strategies, the advent of massive on-line open courses, and the huge expansion in the use of technological devices (cell phone, computers, tablets, etc), in most higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world …

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Jan 21

Cultivated affinities

Study shows that an approximation among the BRICS countries results in fruitful science article in portughese published at Revista Pesquisa FAPESP

Jan 13

To Evaluate Obama’s Free-College Proposal, Look for Lessons Abroad

The Chronicle of Higher Education January 13th, 2015 By Karin Fischer In proposing to make community college free for millions of Americans, President Obama would buck global trends. Over the last two decades, almost every country that has taken up tuition policy has moved to charge fees, not to rescind them. Most notably, universities in Britain, …

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Oct 10

Brazil faces the challenge to improve the quality and offer in Higher Education

Opinion article published at Jornal Público, de Portugal, 10/08/2014. See the complete article here.