On the Agenda – Week 34, 2015

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21 augustus 2015 | Mobile technology in teaching, Australia is getting rich over foreign students, the most innovative universities in the world, science not only for scientists and everything about the coming elections in the United States, from Clinton, to Bush, to Trump. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Australia grows richer by ripping off foreign students http://t.co/R9IX8uG6NU via @theage #HigherEd #InternationalStudents #Immigration

— The OBHE (@theobhe) August 19, 2015

How states are allowing students to opt out of local schools part-time for online classes http://t.co/Bk6YF4xvrY pic.twitter.com/tnY6hiXFbK

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 20, 2015

A student sues China’s Ministry of Education over textbooks calling homosexuality an illness. http://t.co/LyZDR0wPWM pic.twitter.com/xm1phvu8UH

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) August 21, 2015

How professors are deploying mobile technology in their teaching: http://t.co/RYIkIFr1d2

— Chronicle (@chronicle) August 20, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Which universities are the most innovative? http://t.co/peM79pADq0

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) August 21, 2015

Science isn’t just for scientists these days… http://t.co/CB0mz0nM8G pic.twitter.com/rkTEZuwisD

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) August 20, 2015

#TalkAboutIt: Climate change sceptics versus the scientists http://t.co/duRoJJfsD9

— ABC News (@abcnews) August 21, 2015

.@EU_Commission grants new particle accelerator the status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium http://t.co/eGtHedJpX6

— European Commission (@EU_Commission) August 20, 2015

Take 3 –United States

Clinton higher education plan questions ‘integrity’ of online learning http://t.co/BwM3ItDcgX pic.twitter.com/kXhnN9m2C2

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) August 13, 2015

America is home to the world’s best universities. But its higher education system is broken http://t.co/wbIby5bljh pic.twitter.com/SGgSmPp8yy

— The Economist (@EconUS) August 21, 2015

The Latest from GOP candidates on education policy: Fiorina sticks to GOP lines http://t.co/0A6ylZKeki

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 19, 2015

Donald Trump’s surprisingly savvy analysis of American politics http://t.co/reZ35ls6LS pic.twitter.com/QPw0zKKx3t

— Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) August 20, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Students from @TUEindhoven will build largest bridge of ice ever in Finland, as designed by Da Vinci @sctructural_ice http://t.co/nq1zew181A

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) August 18, 2015