On the Agenda – Week 6, 2016
Take 1 –Education
A directive in China demands a more “patriotic education” for students. @ChuBailiang reports https://t.co/Y9mwtuqV53 pic.twitter.com/PkWNB7N36U
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) February 10, 2016
New freshman survey shows that students are more politically engaged and open to activism https://t.co/ODFkdLzHDR pic.twitter.com/Un5jjHLWEg
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) February 11, 2016
Education Department creates new office to crack down on fraud at colleges https://t.co/rw7lybaNqK pic.twitter.com/HCuY9mFOEw
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) February 9, 2016
Education in Africa improved hugely over the last six decades.
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) February 12, 2016
(How Africa is changing: https://t.co/XqhvXaSenZ) pic.twitter.com/dT2Cjz5Hga
Take 2 –Research
Confirmed: #LIGO has detected gravitational waves created by merging black holes https://t.co/5vjPYHEe5X pic.twitter.com/uGPhPqkRvn
— Scientific American (@sciam) February 11, 2016
Does a PhD trump an MBA as a foundation for a business career? https://t.co/ErAht4FteN pic.twitter.com/nziduDkmhp
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) February 11, 2016
The address where Eurosceptics and climate change sceptics rub shoulders https://t.co/JrnFZzpq2C
— The Independent (@Independent) February 10, 2016
The dawn of a new era in science https://t.co/LOvcv1wGZy pic.twitter.com/Gk87IlS1pf
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 12, 2016
Take 3 –Russia
Russia’s recession will continue throughout this year, Bank of America forecasts https://t.co/iZ2YV7LIz1 pic.twitter.com/Eqw6QHlCpF
— Bloomberg Business (@business) February 9, 2016
Russia: Rectors expect sharp rise in #foreignstudent numbers. https://t.co/yrQrO8L3WC #highered #Russia
— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) February 10, 2016
Russia says a growing problem in space could be enough to spark a war https://t.co/TkiSTafKsF pic.twitter.com/w1gp3lWix4
— BI Science (@BI_Science) January 27, 2016
Russia ranks 42nd in net impact on global innovation in new ITIF analysis https://t.co/TIp7YBfFwF pic.twitter.com/AFQm86OcXD
— ITIF (@ITIFdc) February 12, 2016
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
Investment in R&D is shrinking in most @OECD nations, for second year in a row. Korea and Israel topinvestors https://t.co/oqd8O8w5hH
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) February 11, 2016
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