On the Agenda – Week 15, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Incivility from the US and @realDonaldTrump is helping focus @AUB_Lebanon students on need “to be the adults in the room” https://t.co/y31C09iQYp
— Sara Custer (@sarakcuster) 12 april 2019
https://t.co/261JcIgmOt “Every year since 2011, #Chinese #government has increased its percentage of #GDP spend toward #education . The government also supports many initiatives including the #MOOC Times Building, a 22-story tower filled with #edtech #startups” #highereducation
— MOOCs (@MOOCsNews) 8 april 2019
Brazil replaces far-right education minister with conspiracy theorist https://t.co/T5F5nC1sCf
— The Guardian (@guardian) 9 april 2019
Governments are right to worry about private education’s contribution to inequality, but they are wrong to discourage its growth https://t.co/yagM4FgoHV
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 11 april 2019
Take 2 –Research
About 40% of institutes with a strong focus on research mention impact factors in documents used in the review, promotion and tenure process, a survey finds. https://t.co/ivrqDUGaOq
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 12 april 2019
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/u8B6Ls4ADW
— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) 7 april 2019
We cheer on women in the sciences, but recruiting and retaining them is a different story https://t.co/4eiiZwT19o pic.twitter.com/6UT87J6hle
— CNN (@CNN) 12 april 2019
“No one algorithm or person made this image. It required the amazing talent of a team of scientists from around the globe.” You never lose anything by giving more credit. Give all the credit! I love this. https://t.co/9fwd4Vl4x2
— Millie Tran (@millie) 12 april 2019
Take 3 –Japan
Tech startups all over the world, from Japan to Belgium, are trying to build robots that could drastically change the farming industry. https://t.co/Ud21aLWvBc
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) 12 april 2019
The importance of #coding is recognized around the world. In Japan, it will be a mandatory school subject in primary schools from 2020: https://t.co/SEGxdkQovK pic.twitter.com/VnsZmQ7Hl3
— CodeWeekEU (@CodeWeekEU) 5 april 2019
Japan shot a copper cannonball at an asteroid because… science. https://t.co/MHctdMD3iR pic.twitter.com/J3DSCGa5VV
— CNET (@CNET) 5 april 2019
Euro gains in surprise move driven by flows linked to Japan https://t.co/IHcnT68Vus pic.twitter.com/n7bp9nOWgE
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) 12 april 2019
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