On the Agenda – Week 8, 2019
Take 1 –Education
.@FredSwaniker is building the university of the future by focusing on problem-solving, not professors https://t.co/qrR9t4lQ8j
— Imad Mesdoua (@ImadMesdoua) 21 februari 2019
Alaska’s governor proposes 41% cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system https://t.co/L56oczHdrQ
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) 18 februari 2019
The so-called mega universities have thrived for one reason: They’ve gotten good at serving adult learners, which many traditional four-year institutions don’t do well. https://t.co/rd8VaYg2gS
— Lee Gardner (@_lee_g) 20 februari 2019
Improving education has proven harder than making progress in health research and vaccine delivery https://t.co/LyjEGhfoAH
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 20 februari 2019
Take 2 –Research
Research investment in Europe and Asia will spawn extraordinary technological advances this century, but academics need to get better at selling the benefits of this to the public, #ResearchEx conference hearshttps://t.co/SV4WogGiSp
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 20 februari 2019
— K12 Academics (@K12academics) 21 februari 2019
More than 40% of women with full-time jobs in science leave the sector or go part time after having their first child. https://t.co/NIKvT4RWHe
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 20 februari 2019
The White House’s pick to chair a new climate panel has shockingly backward views about climate science, even by Trump’s standards https://t.co/HKVCynO5RM
— Vox (@voxdotcom) 20 februari 2019
Take 3 –Russia
America’s intellectual leadership in science and technology is eroding:
U.S. researchers accounted for more than 50% of academic citations in 1996, compared to less than 35% today. China’s share has risen from virtual insignificance to well over 20% https://t.co/5m9fWd0kqZ
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) 16 februari 2019
Vladimir Putin: Russia will aim missiles at U.S. ‘Decision-making centers’ if threatened https://t.co/XQNVdDHJbq pic.twitter.com/QWHm8fuUe0
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) 20 februari 2019
For Ukraine’s foreign minister, there is no doubt: Russia is behind recent climate protests in EU countries. https://t.co/meeZnJ3Scx
— EURACTIV (@EURACTIV) 18 februari 2019
How Putin has quietly built a financial fortress to safeguard the Russian economy from outside threats https://t.co/Vy2CBlGfUt via @business @AndrianovaAnna pic.twitter.com/QMOPWc0Jd0
— Natasha Doff (@natashadoff) 21 februari 2019
