On the agenda – Week 50, 2011

What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all overthe world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection ofthe most important topics and items trending in social media.
Take 1 – Internationalization
@Organization for Borderless Higher Education:Gifted flee to foreign fields as Italy strangled by blood
@Robert Visscher: ‘Halve foreign students’,Dutch right-wing party says.
@WorldEducation Services: 20% of higher ed students should spend 3months studying or training abroad by 2020, EU members have
Take 2 – Policy
@University of Kent: Can Britain stand alonefrom EU deal? Kent professor of politics and internationalrelations, Richard Whitman, discusses
@The Korea Herald: Korea – The pitfalls ofcutting college tuition in
@GlobalHigherEd: ‘Striving to be first amongequals’ (on higher ed transformations in the
Take 3 – Excellence
@Annie Murphy Paul: Why Asking Questions MightNot Be The Best Way to
@Education Futures: The university as a flag ofconvenience by John
@Science Magazine: Saudi Universities offer cashin exchange for academic prestige.
Meest Gelezen
PVV de grootste partij: grote gevolgen voor hoger onderwijs
‘Verplicht Nederlandstalig hoger onderwijs raakt ook Nederlandse studenten’
Internationale onderzoekers voelen zich zondebokken aan Nederlandse universiteiten
CDA en NSC botsen over internationale studenten
Hbo, mbo en vo moeten doorstroom verbeteren
