What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over
the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of
the most important topics and items trending in social media.
Take 1 - Policy
@World
Education Services: As the Brazilian scholarship program
gathers steam, what does that mean for the U.S. and other host countries?
@Geoff Wilmshurst: Norway to increase
international recruitment establishing more joint degrees with
foreign universities.
@Personal Finance Associated Press: Personal
Finance: U.S. economic recovery threatened by runaway student loan
debt.
Take 2 - Teaching
@Lloyd Armstrong: $25 million investment backs
startup aiming to create elite for-profit, online instruction university.
@Harvard Derek Bok Center: Active-Learning Ideas
for Large Classes: Simple to Complex.
@idw: English makes adolescents less motivated
to learn a new language.
Take 3 - R&D
@PLoS
ONE: Soccer players show enhanced thinking abilities.
@Hippo on Campus: Amazing winner of Art of
Neuroscience 2012.
@Neuroskeptic: LinkedIn resumes "less deceptive
about work experience & responsibilities, more deceptive about
interests and hobbies."
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: What drives English students to
the Netherlands.
@ScienceGuideEU: Each extra year of education
pays 6% return.