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
Vrouwen houden universiteit draaiende, maar krijgen daarvoor geen waardering
Wederom intimidatie van journalisten door universiteit, nu in Delft
Hbo-docent wil wel rolmodel zijn, maar niet eigen moreel kompas opdringen
‘Burgerschapsonderwijs moet ook verplicht worden in hbo en wo’
Raad van State: laat taaltoets nog niet gelden voor hbo-opleidingen