On the Agenda – Week 45, 2018
Take 1 –Education
The Seven Most Powerful Words In Education https://t.co/K4vXhc0yOL
— Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) 6 november 2018
“Experimental universities should transform the way we look at higher education…the best ones will survive and stimulate others.” #ResearchExhttps://t.co/IwvTouMRTg
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 9 november 2018
“We call on co-workers, colleagues and students to decry this attack on Brazil’s universities in the name of Bolsonaro’s anti-progressive agenda. We won’t stand by as this reactionary populist attacks the pillars of Brazil’s democracy and education system” https://t.co/TzBAw9xdzq
— Beatriz Santos (@bixbia) 4 november 2018
Uzbekistan’s first online university https://t.co/PD10ZWAPo2
Currently, around 9% of those eligible go to university in #Uzbekistan leaving around 730,000 individuals without a university place #highered #CentralAsia #education #SDGs @UKinUzbekistan pic.twitter.com/GTPoeYthoD— Maia Chankseliani (@MChankseliani) 3 november 2018
Take 2 –Research
“Hopefully we will no longer see the science committee used as a messaging tool for the fossil fuel industry,” says Rep. Bill Foster, a science committee member. https://t.co/NHL2jNXa6B
— WIRED Science (@WIREDScience) 8 november 2018
“The most common mistake we see applicants make is to focus only on their research. That’s just one component of a winning application.” https://t.co/K5OaNVwt3p
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 8 november 2018
“India is emerging as a hub for better academic jobs compared to many institutions in the US and Europe,” says Matthew H Baxter, Asst. Prof. of Political Science at @AshokaUniv.
Read more: https://t.co/grdFiNXFQH
— Ashoka University (@AshokaUniv) 5 november 2018
7 women in science who will inspire you to get serious about STEM #NationalSTEMDay https://t.co/EFYToTojqu
— Mashable (@mashable) 8 november 2018
Take 3 –United States
“The Republicans who won are more conservative and Trump-aligned than those who lost, which means that colleges may have more to worry about than they did before.” https://t.co/CjzCRL2RgL
— The Chronicle of Higher Education (@chronicle) 8 november 2018
It’s hard to say whether the number of educators who ran for office this year was unprecedented. But the national uprising of teachers—and their forceful role in shifting mentalities about education—has been hard to ignore. My latest: https://t.co/9FSPIm8lvp
— Alia Wong (@aliaemily) 8 november 2018
According to the QS ranking system, Purdue is the 31st best university in the US. https://t.co/dT89GrXnuG It is also the highest ranked university to be represented by a Republican in Congress. https://t.co/b7v3QmY4i6
— David Frum (@davidfrum) 9 november 2018
Montana voters decided it was still worth taxing themselves to fund public colleges. And that vote holds a lesson for the rest of higher education, @AdamHSays writes https://t.co/adeJNqR4Ew
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) 8 november 2018
