On the Agenda – Week 14, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Universities spending millions on marketing to attract students https://t.co/XIy3qrYPe3
— Guardian Universities (@GdnUniversities) 3 april 2019
The Chinese #Communist Party’s treatment of $Chinese scholars indirectly reveals 2 of the most prominent issues of the Chinese educational system: 1) deprivation of academic freedom, and 2) commercialization of education.
Opinion by @florayan17 https://t.co/cPlM7RIQNt
— EpochTimesChina (@EpochTimesChina) 2 april 2019
Debt feels different when I owe my parents instead of some faceless corporation. I notice how their hair has grayed, and they have grown old in the process of supporting me. Then, I am consumed by guilt.
via @nytimes #JingjingXiaohttps://t.co/45VqEIuYej
— William Yu (@its_willyu) 3 april 2019
Thread: I spent much of last week at the University of Southern California, which is at the center of the admissions scandal. I spoke with dozens of students about the way family income impacts their college lives. https://t.co/eWUbj3H1ne
— Jennifer Medina (@jennymedina) 3 april 2019
Take 2 –Research
“This is a country where you can be branded anti-national because of the food you eat, so making nationalism part of research is a very dangerous precedent,” Meena Pillai speaks out against political meddling in academia in India https://t.co/MijI7keP0c pic.twitter.com/H2bsU1Ekh2
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 3 april 2019
EU companies’ R&D spending growing four times faster in Chinahttps://t.co/ti1XstNF2S#research #Europe #China pic.twitter.com/VthqcnsKAv
— Research Europe (@ResearchEurope) 3 april 2019
Australian budget prioritises tax cuts, roads and small businesses ahead of spending on science. https://t.co/Na6yEajUjm
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 3 april 2019
Take 3 –Italy
A mountain of debt threatens the financial stability of Italy and the future of the euro https://t.co/HBzEsU2SUo
— Bloomberg (@business) 4 april 2019
Conservative and far-right forces across Europe are seeking to control mass education https://t.co/EolFCTEdTK — #AJOpinion, by @Andrea_Mammone & @AnjaGiudici pic.twitter.com/ZcYsbtUDWG
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) 3 april 2019
Italy’s Belt and Road pact with China shows developed countries too can benefit from the inclusive initiative. https://t.co/GaBoUKp2Wi
— China Focus (@China__Focus) 4 april 2019
The US-founded World Congress of Families — which aims to defend the values of the so-called natural family — made its way to Verona, sparking protests https://t.co/yeT7vmSctD
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) 1 april 2019
