On the agenda – Week 4, 2012
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
@OECDEducation: Higher education: an insurance policy against globaldownturns.
@TheOBHE: Unwelcome 1980s revival threatens Hungary’s
@BC_CIHE: In times of university mergers,reorganisation of the Finnish higher education
Take 2 – R&D
@Max Planck Society: Hotter than the sun’scorona – Max Planck & US scientists create the world’s firstatomic x-ray laser.
@Futurity News: Prejudice sparks anger in men,fear in women.
@Research Impact: State of the art in assessingresearch impact.
Take 3 – Students
@WorldEducation Services: Apple’s textbook initiative is paying off,with users downloading more than 350,000 textbooks in three
@Inside Higher Ed: 30% of provosts say gradeinflation is a problem on their campuses – while 65% say it’s aproblem elsewhere.
@World Uni Rankings: In Korea, governmentpressure to reduce massive cost of college has started to work asfees come down.
Meest Gelezen
‘Compensatoir toetsen komt kwaliteit hoger onderwijs wél ten goede’
‘Juist bij flexibiliteit heeft student behoefte aan structuur’
Minister: “Verengelsing ondermijnt de toegankelijkheid van universiteiten”
Wet leeruitkomsten: Doorgeschoten individualisering of broodnodige keuzevrijheid?
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