On the agenda – Week 2, 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 – Policy
@Nature: Greekscience on the brink.
@Jamshed Siddiqui: In India – Faculty shortagemay pose hurdle to four-year course
@World Uni Rankings: Does Mars orbit the Earth,or have falling numbers lowered Japanese university entrancestandards catastrophically?
Take 2 – R&D
@SEN:Kepler finds 3 smallest exoplanets – 3 out of 100 billion+ planetsin our galaxy.
@A Hippo on Campus: A coffee per day keeps theadenosine at bay.
@Università Bocconi: Financial Supervision andCentral Banking: The Improvements Which
Take 3 – Digitalization
@AegiSite: MIT to build online educationplatform: MIT will offer the same online learning experience to therest of the world as well.
@DougWard: What I’ve Learned from Teaching with
@TechCrunch: BenchPrep Is CodeAcademy For AnySubject, High School To Med School.
