On the Agenda – Week 48 , 2017
Take1 –Education
“I don’t think anybody expected this”: The GOP tax plan sends leaders in higher education scrambling https://t.co/u77DAljGvW pic.twitter.com/YdfqGvnRTv
— POLITICO (@politico) 28 november 2017
Emerging Contours of African Private Higher Education https://t.co/Ec1IveJdn7 by @InsideHigherEd #Africa #HigherEd #PrivateHE
— The OBHE (@theobhe) 1 december 2017
How will China’s “Double First Class” project change #HigherEd in China? https://t.co/b5WuxHVUvN
— Grok Global (@grokglobal) 1 december 2017
How a powerful senator schooled Betsy DeVos: A furious Sen. Lamar Alexander saw the Education Department going off track in its enforcement of a law he helped write, and he didn’t hesitate to intervene. https://t.co/niVedGX7ty pic.twitter.com/LS5SHpd7CK
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) 25 november 2017
Take 2 –Research
Make reviews public, says peer review expert https://t.co/TIRoEWPJM1 pic.twitter.com/9Hk8qvzKgR
— Retraction Watch (@RetractionWatch) 27 november 2017
Academic research isn’t getting through to policy makers. So what can researchers do to step up? https://t.co/ymNb9aysSt
— Nature News&Comment (@NatureNews) 1 december 2017
Call for nominations for the EU High Level Panel Group is open; https://t.co/W0KqLFZIsN
Looking forward to identify new outstanding members with @Sir_David_King and Antonio Vitorino @Moedas pic.twitter.com/Jtdwb0Vm5R
— Rianne Letschert (@Rianneletschert) 1 december 2017
If India wants to excel in science and technology, then Indians should start thinking in their own languages. A brilliant piece by K VijayRaghavan, an accomplished scientist and a science diplomat. https://t.co/nE8kHOspVv
— Astrome Technologies (@Astrometech) 29 november 2017
Take 3 –Canada
The Education Paradox: Canada is one of the only countries to experience a drop in literacy, despite having highest percentage of workforce with tertiary education. Read the @globeandmail Op-Ed here: https://t.co/ssoiXazj1Y #cdnpoli #uni #cdnecon pic.twitter.com/JxaxgALuTe
— C.D. Howe Institute (@CDHoweInstitute) 30 november 2017
No surprise, #engineers top the list with median annual earnings of $77,641. https://t.co/3kHuVggWmz pic.twitter.com/Im2G4FVi6d
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) 29 november 2017
Canada’s reliance on foreign financing rises to near record levels https://t.co/GLc2K7Rq3Z pic.twitter.com/phzLLqqKlK
— Bloomberg (@business) 30 november 2017
Canada’s #oil & gas sector embraces #data science to #drill better & otherwise improve its #business efficiencies https://t.co/ItL5SjRSRk pic.twitter.com/nXzJelJuuU
— Falcon Electric (@FalconUPS) 30 november 2017
