On the Agenda – Week 19, 2015

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8 mei 2015 | High student loan debts for African Americans, drop out rates as challenge for universities, U.S. and European scientsts sign cooperation pact, the irrationality of voting, conservative triumph in Britain sets uni's on road to EU referendum and the EU Innovation Scoreboard. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

African Americans face significantly higher student loan debt than their white counterparts http://t.co/6BK7mLvQ9W pic.twitter.com/YOCG1HhgkE

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 5, 2015

Student drop out rates ‘a big challenge for universities’ http://t.co/N2ymQBYTmc

— Telegraph Education (@tele_education) May 6, 2015

Want to save #highereducation in India? Go beyond #engineering. @DrEducationBlog http://t.co/mA7hiEx0kW pic.twitter.com/MXb3azbtSf

— ET Opinion (@ETOpinion) May 7, 2015

The next Finnish educational export product: science education for kids? https://t.co/nKIUwncAAw pic.twitter.com/qfKfT6G44E

— Helsinki University (@helsinkiuni) May 8, 2015

Take 2 –Research

U.S. and European Scientists Sign Cooperation Pact http://t.co/eNX4XcGMFr

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) May 7, 2015

Building a career in science? Your reputation may be more important than ever [careers] http://t.co/msxwke7d4O pic.twitter.com/JSJJiEfg4v

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) May 8, 2015

The Large Hadron Collider is colliding particles again at last. Our story on the repair and reboot: http://t.co/sFP2DWZoWb

— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) May 5, 2015

Voting is irrational. Emotions always win | Eyal Winter http://t.co/5wIPcjSney

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) May 7, 2015

Take 3 –European Union

Huge implications for UK #HigherEd – Conservative election triumph sets universities on road to EU referendum http://t.co/SpY4fuIc6I #GE2015

— Phil Baty (@Phil_Baty) May 8, 2015

How does the EU compare to its competitors? Full infographic: http://t.co/guAj2Wh8zl #InnovationUnion Scoreboard pic.twitter.com/LOp7jH9xjZ

— Innovation Union (@innovationunion) May 7, 2015

EU, ASEAN launch higher education platform https://t.co/uyeS1TCRBu via @jakpost #HigherEd #HEtech #HEqualityCTRL

— The OBHE (@theobhe) May 7, 2015

16 Nobels urge EU to keep animal research directive|Times & FAZ letter http://t.co/usfCLH8cqa http://t.co/zWYWm4Ay7h pic.twitter.com/LsT5wlwqBn

— Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust) May 7, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

New agreement enables scientists to use ultra-fast and robust network for education and research http://t.co/6dQrqP6awN

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) May 5, 2015