- 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
University change is inevitable. Progress and innovation is a choice
- February 2, 2024
- Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Innovation, Lifelong Learning, Philosophy, University
The future of universities is closely linked to their capacity to change and innovate and their internal coexistence. To remain in the same place, you must keep moving; otherwise, you will get left behind. However, higher education has shifted many times to and from positions based on individuals who learn and advance to corporate structures that […]
Distance Higher Education and Academic Socialization
- September 10, 2023
- Distance Education, Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Online Ed, Open Learning
Rereading some of my works from decades ago, I read with anguish that the world has changed, not universities or education. We have replaced the blackboard and chalk with LCD screens, PowerPoint presentations, virtual toys, or sophisticated ways to plagiarize with ChatGPT. We make assumptions with Artificial Intelligence, but genuine education, with valuable exceptions, remains […]
The Academic and Administrative Ethnocentrism of the Contemporary University
- April 12, 2023
- Education, Ethics, Faculty, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, Staff, Student, University Culture
Much of the crisis in the quality of university education has this dichotomy as its background: the crisis of the relationship between the person who teaches and the person who learns. A university where professors and students must foremost be lifelong learners; and where the study programs are designed, modified, and transmitted daily based on […]