On the Agenda – Week 37, 2015

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11 september 2015 | The point of college, what higher education is doing in response to the refugee crisis, the professor who quit his job to begin his own online institution, the success of the German Excellenz Initiative and Barack Obama's plan to make community college's first years free. This week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

What is the point of college? http://t.co/PyiEIeDBua via @nytmag pic.twitter.com/lL31IhzKU2

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 9, 2015

Is HE doing enough in response to the refugee crisis? @elliebothwell looks at how some institutions are helping: http://t.co/L5CGd03DPX

— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) September 11, 2015

Meet the tenured professor who quit his job to make free courses on his own, at his one-man online institution: http://t.co/3eIucPQNQz

— Chronicle (@chronicle) September 10, 2015

Recruiters are turning their attention to #LatAm countries due to #economicgrowth, young population & gov’t support http://t.co/XWdQMlLDEY

— WES (@WESPicks) September 9, 2015

Take 2 –Research

Has a €4.6bn initiative really created a new league of elite universities in Germany? http://t.co/cx1nBldQmU pic.twitter.com/IiBsYG05H3

— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) September 9, 2015

Peer review, preprints and the speed of science http://t.co/il8ZyIclV5

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) September 7, 2015

Acting on a tip about bones deep in a cave, they found a new member of humanity’s lineage http://t.co/bkXNN2bfzF pic.twitter.com/EHyjs31Y7l

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) September 11, 2015

Every time scientists go looking near Stonehenge, they find something bigger than Stonehenge http://t.co/GP5S5G5BLQ pic.twitter.com/R1yixcbGcn

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 10, 2015

Take 3 –USA

President Obama boosts free community college plan http://t.co/XBRnzTe2Fe

— TIME.com (@TIME) September 9, 2015

America’s College Promise Will Mend Our Economy http://t.co/cDePN6aOQ1

— The EvoLLLution (@EvoLLLution) August 31, 2015

House staffers complained about the White House’s response to questions — but they never sent the questions http://t.co/c2kZb9l1rC

— POLITICO (@politico) September 10, 2015

First Westinghouse, then Intel. Now, who will back America’s top award for young scientists? http://t.co/ksfW67tr6b pic.twitter.com/AFDOAlPrbZ

— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 9, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

Horizon 2020 is not a lemon, an indignant @LERUnews writes. http://t.co/hyKl78EFr3

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 10, 2015

British minister of universities @JoJohnsonMP sets out plans to updrage teacher quality and widening participation http://t.co/TpMCdAMSMo

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) September 9, 2015