On the Agenda – Week 3, 2018
Take 1 –Education
In rural America, students of color appear to have lost interest in attending college in recent years, @hechingerreport finds: https://t.co/vZ9vQTWV73 pic.twitter.com/rZQ11lxsrh
— TheAtlanticEducation (@TheAtlEducation) 18 januari 2018
The divide between ‘onshore’ and ‘offshore’ campuses is becoming blurred https://t.co/YwAi5eYkGt #highered #TNE @theobhe
— UniversityWorldNews (@uniworldnews) 18 januari 2018
Japan’s high-stakes college-admissions process has caused students anxiety for decades. Now, amid a demographic crisis, the system is being overhauled. Will it succeed in saving Japan’s economy? @BelleTimsit reports: https://t.co/f2yZu28CXt pic.twitter.com/hAAsZnJJZv
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) 13 januari 2018
There’s no such thing as a “free education.” @steffiott #highereducation #tuition #fees #school #studentloans https://t.co/2KP1oZV8d5
— Handelsblatt Global (@HandelsblattGE) 17 januari 2018
Take 2 –Research
Experts fear crackdown on academic freedom in Turkey will be followed by drive towards Islamisation of campuses, after Erdoğan accused one of its top universities of failing to “lean on national values”https://t.co/J9dI2IEaMP
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 19 januari 2018
US government shutdown: what would be the impact on science? https://t.co/frj25X5qmt
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 18 januari 2018
PM Modi changing India through innovation: Israel PM @netanyahu https://t.co/6162UQ1Ygf #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/lZZRpj0Y9Y
— Times of India (@timesofindia) 17 januari 2018
One frustrating aspect of studying climate change is the inherent uncertainty of it all. But these researchers might have started to change that https://t.co/fmxT1nOIBp
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 18 januari 2018
Take 3 –Russia
World Bank urges Russia to spend more on healthcare, education https://t.co/gFFV4TNxZv pic.twitter.com/qy1kvknkGW
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) 16 januari 2018
The Kremlin is considering spending more on Russia’s roads, health care and education https://t.co/K4iMmRF4NK pic.twitter.com/UBBqjDPUH6
— Bloomberg (@business) 15 januari 2018
Parts of Russia are experiencing -88.6°F weather https://t.co/Z0ZBg5O4Ux pic.twitter.com/yeLc6RmtJZ
— TIME (@TIME) 18 januari 2018
Here is another great perspective #map. This one shows the perspective #Russia has on #Europe. Shows the logic behind Russian claim on #Crimea. Shows the areas that Russia lost after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Created by @SPIEGEL_English: https://t.co/zW0jCe3pHj pic.twitter.com/QUfWJpqHlY
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) 18 januari 2018
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