On the Agenda – Week 17, 2016
Take 1 –Education
The US spent $760 million on education in Afghanistan — via @TheFiscalTimes https://t.co/K4e13fYNm3 pic.twitter.com/wRTkKyOFz1
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) April 29, 2016
The chasm between rich and poor students earning bachelor’s degrees continues to grow.https://t.co/JVbuYL20iW pic.twitter.com/l3tJCNaAAA
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) April 25, 2016
Lebanese education minister reveals scale of challenge providing education to refugees: https://t.co/ueMtllagOr More Sunday10a/1p ET on CNN
— Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria) April 23, 2016
Using Tablets In Rural Africa, XPRIZE Hopes To Inspire Education: “If we can prove our basic supposition that… https://t.co/tZMYYP43MN
— Marcos Gallo (@mwgallo) April 29, 2016
Take 2 –Research
How can academia hope to compete with the likes of Google to retain top talent? https://t.co/WV2QGwtFYU pic.twitter.com/W593DvWa0X
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) April 29, 2016
This research shows that vice presidential candidates actually do win votes in their home states https://t.co/FX9YKnyrUJ
— Monkey Cage (@monkeycageblog) April 26, 2016
Five cities leading in urban innovation: Singapore, Houston, Detroit, Vancouver, Medellin https://t.co/Li49k1PoCY pic.twitter.com/5rvNStrXF4
— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) April 26, 2016
Peopoloe power: how citizen science could change historical research | Geoffrey Belknap https://t.co/OzE7DfEAUJ
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 26, 2016
Take 3 –Poland
It’s signed: #Poland will be partner country of HANNOVER MESSE 2017! Welcome on board! https://t.co/RU5v1m2X2b #hm17 pic.twitter.com/yrHZFisdSn
— HANNOVER MESSE (@hannover_messe) April 26, 2016
What China’s leaders could learn from Poland https://t.co/sTmFcEm18j pic.twitter.com/BVg3Huq2V7
— Bloomberg (@business) April 22, 2016
“Red and white cavalry. The Law and Justice party purges a horse farm, and much else”https://t.co/nme6kjOaSC pic.twitter.com/f7JbNutfZt
— Patrycjusz Wyzga (@patrycjuszwyzga) April 29, 2016
NATO’s eastern front is being tested, writes Witold Waszczykowski, Poland’s minister of foreign affairs. https://t.co/ATRrixcF6h
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 25, 2016
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
Dutch prime-minister Mark Rutte spoke at the #Wissenstag in Hannover. You can read his speech here https://t.co/IiaWKFh3OL #HM2016
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) April 29, 2016
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