On the Agenda – Week 37, 2015

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
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