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.
Meest Gelezen
Bekostiging per student in het hbo en wo gaat dalen
De student als consument maakt vrouwelijke docenten extra kwetsbaar
Dijkgraaf wil zijn waaier doortrekken naar het onderzoek in het hbo en mbo
NS onderzoekt financiële prikkels om studenten uit de spits te weren
Fel debat over internationalisering tekent zich af in hoger onderwijs
