On the Agenda – Week 47, 2015

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20 november 2015 | This week's On the Agenda with China's college counselors told to join the Communist party, Africa's male-dominated education, America's BRAIN initiative, how science is looking to bring species back from the dead, lessons from a university dean and several perspectives in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Take 1 –Education

China’s College Counselors Told to Join the Party — the Communist Party [@TIMEWorld] https://t.co/nAP19HKXn3

— USCPF (@USCPF) November 19, 2015

In Africa teaching is a male-dominated profession, and it perpetuates inequality https://t.co/1T7ifx2UW0 pic.twitter.com/f7YcKUJBJv

— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) November 19, 2015

Education Dept in hot seat re: management of student loans https://t.co/ilYlegSjFc pic.twitter.com/oFjfmBRcLk

— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) November 19, 2015

Seven lessons learned from five years as a university dean https://t.co/TvnsVxfDvd #highered

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) November 19, 2015

Take 2 –Research

America’s BRAIN initiative will test the mettle of the “Big Science” model https://t.co/4nzV8n2Kty pic.twitter.com/K5gubsOFXR

— The Economist (@EconSciTech) November 14, 2015

Long-awaited report on UK research proposes shakeup but no merger for 7 funding agencies: https://t.co/2TpdcgovO8 pic.twitter.com/uGGWRsyyi2

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

How science is looking to bring species back from the dead. https://t.co/jLc8RkFYwW pic.twitter.com/mssJ8AuqP8

— CNN Africa (@CNNAfrica) November 19, 2015

Wary of mainstream medicine, immigrants seek remedies that derive from their homeland https://t.co/lf4Zvzfm3l pic.twitter.com/Lj3qfuJUEV

— NYT Science (@NYTScience) November 16, 2015

Take 3 –Paris

How to explain the Paris attacks to children https://t.co/Nb99uHSDxj

— The Independent (@Independent) November 17, 2015

Social science and the Paris attacks on blog today: counterterrorism: https://t.co/tK7lDHpRzd Twitter & ISIS: https://t.co/dJzPLK5p7C (1/2)

— The Monkey Cage (@monkeycageblog) November 16, 2015

After the attacks, a day for discussion: https://t.co/Nz6sU39Q2I pic.twitter.com/Xa8HHnK3WL

— Sciences Po (@sciencespo) November 18, 2015

Reflections on the role of education in fighting extremism from our CEO Rick Levin https://t.co/11kLEMKgeR

— Coursera (@coursera) November 18, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

“Education is the first and most important tool to achieve freedom,” ESU’s @fernandomgalan on #17now https://t.co/GYxzIU79MJ

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 17, 2015