On the agenda – Week 46, 2014

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21 november 2014 | How did the US student loan system came to be? What is Times Higher Education going to do with it's most important ranking? Can you build an innovation hub in Siberia and how is India experiencing an innovation boom? Read this and more in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Higher Education

Why do so many students borrow? Why does the government provide student loans, anyhow? Here’s a short history. http://t.co/gVQzRubcAo

— Chronicle (@chronicle) November 20, 2014

Times Higher Education announces reforms to its World University Rankings http://t.co/jzNfb96GtB via @timeshighered #HigherEd #HErankings

— The OBHE (@theobhe) November 19, 2014

As we break between #openedxcon talks, check out this exciting news from @WhiteHouse @OfficeofEdTech: https://t.co/mZ28WKEoya #FutureReady

— Open edX (@OpenEdX) November 19, 2014

Take 2 –Research and Development

Can you build an innovation hub in Siberia? I went there to find out. http://t.co/9qfOrDdmjC pic.twitter.com/p3bjjpNx4l

— Dan Peleschuk (@dpeleschuk) November 17, 2014

Rosetta Sees Innovation Return To Europe http://t.co/bSmeQAd5s4

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 13, 2014

US gov’t proposes closing loophole that allows researchers to keep private data from failed clinical trials: http://t.co/aSvbElHUbq

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) November 19, 2014

Take 3 –Asia

In 2014 there are 5X as many Chinese students in the U.S. as there were in 2000 #OpenDoors #ThenandNow #IEW2014 http://t.co/zLweLEZHIi

— IIEglobal (@IIEglobal) November 19, 2014

.@wadhwa explains why India shouldn’t be succeeding — but is about to experience an innovation boom http://t.co/PrsGt0waTi

— Innovations (@innovations) November 19, 2014

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

.@LERUnews takes iniative in global effort to strengthen research in social sciences and humanities http://t.co/225iePUwRz

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 21, 2014