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.