On the Agenda – Week 47, 2018
Take 1 –Education
One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have steered tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans, an audit revealed. The Education Department stayed quiet about those findings. https://t.co/97vQ2wOGtm
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) 21 november 2018
Imagine two poor 18-year-olds, one in the U.S., the other in China. Who has a better chance of success? We explored the reality of social mobility in China https://t.co/fhvILZHtdm
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) 21 november 2018
England’s HE regulator @officestudents says it will require some providers to revise their “student protection plans” amid concerns that they do not sufficiently protect undergraduates from the impact of a university closurehttps://t.co/5Q1Q8oORmx
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 23 november 2018
#BasicEducation is failing the economy https://t.co/U7RquvLLjW via @mailandguardian
27% of our pupils who have attended school for six years cannot read…After five years of schooling, about 50% of South African pupils cannot do basic calculations
— Black Sash (@black_sash) 23 november 2018
Take 2 –Research
Women hold just 30 percent of senior faculty positions in colleges in the United States. https://t.co/Eys1ht8mkK
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) 23 november 2018
the Third Way : “A similar concept is becoming trendy in technology as European politicians try to chart a course between the techno-libertarianism of California and the digital authoritarianism of China.” https://t.co/4L3j5CoJGB
— EUwatch ???????? (@EUwatchers) 19 november 2018
Black academics earn thousands less per year than white scholars with same education, report finds https://t.co/FSY2Ieh8JE pic.twitter.com/xu6FJPnqmd
— The Independent (@Independent) 22 november 2018
#cOAlitionS adopts implementation guidance on #PlanS. The guidance will open for public feedback next week: https://t.co/TW0MdTbTqF ????️#OpenAccess
— Science Europe (@ScienceEurope) 22 november 2018
It’s a myth that you need to be a genius to have a career in science, according to Scott Kelly, retired #NASA astronaut and commander of the #InternationalSpaceStation. You just have to be willing to work hard. https://t.co/74LomfXKDI
— FIRST LEGO League (@firstlegoleague) 18 november 2018
Take 3 –Japan
Funding is falling. The student-age population is falling. The results of internationalisation efforts are mixed. How sustainable is Japan’s higher education sector?https://t.co/1Bgcxh6FhB
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 22 november 2018
Shinzo Abe must let more migrants into Japan and create more incentives for locals to work longer https://t.co/YVP71gMlWU
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 23 november 2018
Why Japan’s aging population is an investment opportunity @JapanGov #paid https://t.co/T7yvgoFcys pic.twitter.com/Of2mT41uEC
— Forbes (@Forbes) 22 november 2018
Scrapping Japan’s negative interest rates now could support economic growth and prices, a university professor at the center of the debate says https://t.co/2HXCgXzjPh
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) 21 november 2018
