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.
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