- January 5, 2026
- AI, AW, Colleges, Educación Superior, Education, Future Trends, Higher Education, Universities
The first part of this article involves our view of the ten significant quality challenges affecting universities and colleges presently. The second part is an essential list (English-Spanish) of trends and predictive lines in higher education for 2026 and beyond, based on my forthcoming book, “Past and Future Social Trends,” scheduled for release next year. […]
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education
- January 2, 2026
- AI, Artificial Intelligence, Education, Ética, Future, Higher Education, Neurotechnology, Sciences, Uncertainty
Generative AI will be one of the most significant technological developments for bringing education to a lifelong learning process. But humans with the hands and minds in artificial intelligence will have a major and transcendent task to accomplish, which is first to put the ethical and aesthetic obligations with humankind. A revolution of knowledge that […]
Kerry Kennedy: The power of the word, the compassion and the law
- November 4, 2025
- Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Human Rights Law Award, Social Justice, Social Philosophy
Kerry Kennedy inspires us not to remain silent, to use our voices and our platforms, no matter how big or small, to act and improve the lot of others. Thus, we will have fulfilled our conscience and what the human values of education mean in the force of the word compassion, and the law. But […]
Strategic Planning and Utopian Thinking for Change
- September 1, 2025
- Business, Development, Economics, Education, Essay, Philosophy, Planning, Social Philosophy, Sociology
The purely expansionist ‘realistic’ strategic planning model typifies today’s society and causes an anticlimax in planning, turning it into a simple matter of forecasting, systematic organization, and the subordination of desirable human goals to foreseeable economic development. Does strategic planning make all the right moves? Utopian thinking becomes a way of testing the boundaries of […]
A Comprehensive Checklist for AI Applications to University Management
- August 25, 2025
- Academic Administration, AI, Education, Higher Education, University Management
AI offers numerous benefits to education. Universities must address challenges such as data privacy, ethical considerations, and the costs of implementation. These are crucial aspects that must be carefully managed to ensure the successful and responsible integration of AI in university management. This is a basic checklist covering AI applications to administrative and academic management and […]
Can We Transfer Science Between Cultures?
- June 30, 2025
- Culture, Education, Philosopy of Science, Research Methodology, Sciences, Technology, Technology Transfer
Can we transfer science from one country to another or from one culture to another culture? Is a scientific fact different in the United States and China? Who owns science? Are we confusing science with technology? Science does not come into existence by spontaneous generation. Scientific knowledge is an inheritance from the past and the […]
The Aesthetic Dimension of Education and Learning
- December 2, 2024
- Aesthetics, Creativity, Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Humanities, Philosophy, Psychology, Sciences
Aesthetic education stimulates the development of fantasy or imagination, which is the basis of all artistic or scientific creativity. It also fosters the development of an overall view and the anticipation of an outcome, the use of logic, and the various forms of human communication. Science and art, as dimensions of creative thought, are not […]
Shared University Governance: Authoritarianism or Authority
- October 1, 2024
- Accountability, Education, Governance, Higher Education, HigherEd Management, University Policy
A university culture is centered on the student, not the faculty or administration. The authority of governing is gained through levels of participation and cooperation in decision-making. The picture above shows the signature ceremony of the Magna Charta Universitatum, signed in Piazza Maggiore at Bologna on September 18, 1988, by 388 Rectors of major universities […]
Learning To Live Together
- August 2, 2024
- Cultural Learning, Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theory, Learning, Psychology, Teaching
Nothing is more critical in the early stages of a child of any cultural and social condition than being prepared for cooperative behavior and social learning. We need more education of the heart if we are keen to learn to live together. The future of humanity depends more on education for the heart than on […]
Transparency and Social Regulation in Higher Education
- March 9, 2024
- Accountability, Education, Ethics, Higher Education, HigherEd Assessment, HigherEd Management
Universities must be accountable, yes, but to whom? Whether public or private, universities cannot be exempt from regulation, but it should come in the form of self-assessment and a duty to society, not politics. The most radical critics suggest that the best law on university action is one that refers to an institution’s mission and […]