On the Agenda – Week 19, 2016

Take 1 –Education
Some 5,600 Syrians enrolled at Turkey’s universities: AFAD https://t.co/3oPlcU45SD pic.twitter.com/HD8rHyrT8D
— Hürriyet Daily News (@HDNER) May 12, 2016
Bringing college to students who can’t leave home https://t.co/bNLXBOpFzv pic.twitter.com/BGIuNmQV8O
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) May 12, 2016
Chilling #highered cooperation in #China? https://t.co/nRPoZC2QHT via @insidehighered
— WES (@WESPicks) May 12, 2016
These 22 #Fake Universities Have Been Running In #India For Over 15 Years!-https://t.co/WI7gR2eWKx #Shame pic.twitter.com/tMvaNDcWmt
— Indiatimes (@indiatimes) May 9, 2016
Take 2 –Research
In science, follow the money – if you can.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 12, 2016
In @latimesopinion : https://t.co/2yK7jp31LZ pic.twitter.com/Vf7fgeHArg
The new @EU_Commission think tank ‘feels like a success’ @ECThinkTank https://t.co/hXAOmT2e3r pic.twitter.com/9ttf7lobMx
— Science|Business (@scibus) May 13, 2016
To confront 21st Century challenges, science needs to rethink its reward system https://t.co/A12EYG3rTr
— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) May 12, 2016
Awarding digital badges acts as powerful incentive for scientists to share data behind rsrch https://t.co/kiXtBrDmb5 pic.twitter.com/JEmRNzeYsa
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) May 13, 2016
Take 3 –Brazil
NYT: “Rousseff is right to question the motives & moral authority of those who ousted her” – calls for new elections https://t.co/mqiIeVQpgW
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 13, 2016
Michel Temer’s plans for Brazil https://t.co/OlMb0A7JYM pic.twitter.com/D9EeuuclvH
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 13, 2016
One of the first actions by Brazil’s new president? Demoting the science ministry. https://t.co/rTRmucwgsg pic.twitter.com/NegO7W57pA
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) May 13, 2016
Previous efforts to control the Zika virus have failed in Brazil, and the Olympics will help spread it globally. https://t.co/499tplSi0E
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) May 13, 2016
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
EU, @EpNuffic @DAAD_Germany and partners launch program for HE support to Syrian refugees https://t.co/enUjqyTabp
— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) May 11, 2016
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