On the Agenda – Week 17, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Under Elizabeth Warren’s higher education plan, the government would simply cancel the eligible student loan debt on its books, which would affect more than 42 million Americans https://t.co/2jlzNUzmpz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) 22 april 2019
“Xi Jinping has declared that the Communist Party is ‘waging a war against Western values’ and Enlightenment ideals, and it is now engaged in a repressive campaign to curb freedom of expression among academics and students in its domestic universities.”https://t.co/re5nPkTMGt
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 26 april 2019
If universities cut lecturers’ pensions, they should brace themselves for more strikes | Paul Cottrellhttps://t.co/ZWUiFcY8bZ
— Guardian Universities (@GdnUniversities) 25 april 2019
Two years ago, President Trump’s tweet suggesting he would defund the University of California, Berkeley, lacked backing. Now, the President has created a legal basis for his threat—an executive order in defense of free speech. https://t.co/hIiDzs6wz3
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) 23 april 2019
Take 2 –Research
English may not be as dominant as we think in research publications. Many journal submissions are still made in other languages, even in the natural sciences, a new survey reveals https://t.co/6UIYj21vuU
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 26 april 2019
1. Publication bias ❌
2. Low statistical power ❌
3. P-value hacking ❌
4. HARKing (hypothesizing after results are known). ❌https://t.co/YC4iX8r0Dd
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 24 april 2019
“We made our first investments in Stockholm-based startups early last year, and since then we are asked by our US and European venture capital counterparts: how has Sweden, a country of 10.2 million people, been able to create so many amazing companies?” https://t.co/sbrkkJ7voK
— Invest Stockholm (@investstockholm) 23 april 2019
Tristan Harris disappeared for months. Where did he go? To draw on whiteboards and to think about new language to describe what tech is doing. He reveals his new idea today—“human downgrading”—and Wired has the inside story. https://t.co/benjLUIhda
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) 23 april 2019
Take 3 –India
Maximum intensity: @HigherBaker analyses the data to consider how India can rise to the challenge of building a higher education system that befits its size and statushttps://t.co/yJapVKFKuP
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 25 april 2019
Want to understand what it takes to conduct an Election in India ?
Thanks @nytimes u chose the right person.
None can explain it better than the inimitable @DrSYQuraishi.
— Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) 26 april 2019
Members of India’s scientific community are worried about what they view as a two-pronged assault on science under the Narendra Modi government.https://t.co/6Yskx0Ar6m
— The Telegraph (@ttindia) 25 april 2019
“ the single-most important goal for education policy in India should be to deliver universal functional literacy and numeracy.” @karthik_econ
Hindustan Times https://t.co/WBVH0HolZh
— Jaime Saavedra (@JaimeSaavedra22) 26 april 2019
