On the Agenda – Week 18, 2019
Take 1 –Education
In today’s America #college #students can’t afford to eat. That’s just plain wrong. https://t.co/Wn6rGka2Cc
— StudentDebtCrisis (@DebtCrisisOrg) 2 mei 2019
Nearly 80% of South Africa’s 9- or 10-year-olds cannot read and understand sentences in any language https://t.co/3jk1CJnEYc
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 1 mei 2019
The state of the discipline: English studies is a traditional big beast in the academy, but there are concerns that changes in student behaviour could put it on the endangered list. Seven academics consider whether and how the discipline needs to evolvehttps://t.co/KzPpCWkJff pic.twitter.com/QMlyyhMb3P
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 3 mei 2019
The Guardian view on higher education: humans need the humanities | Editorial https://t.co/P2ndtTBHgI
— GuardianWorldComment (@GWorldComments) 30 april 2019
Take 2 –Research
There will likely be a negative impact on America’s image as a leader in higher education, if international scholars and students face more restrictions, writes NCUSCR #PIPfellow @pu_xiaoyu in a @washingtonpost @monkeycageblog analysis. https://t.co/6IU0WaSnrK
— NCUSCR (@NCUSCR) 1 mei 2019
To move research from quantity to quality, go beyond good intentions https://t.co/jHkWddzCwG
— NRIN (@NRIN_Integrity) 1 mei 2019
Elsevier’s open access deal with Norwegian universities is the latest evidence of a shifting balance of power, says Jeffrey MacKie-Mason #HigherEd https://t.co/A37mopnjZW pic.twitter.com/9mBnI9TOek
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) 3 mei 2019
“At its best, however, ‘Chernobyl’ demonstrates what happens when societies stop listening to science,” writes TIME’s @judyberman. “Amid our rapidly worsening global climate crisis, it’s a criticial message” https://t.co/Lu0unTKBVJ
— TIME (@TIME) 2 mei 2019
Take 3 –European Elections
Forget about the bickering Spitzenkandidaten. In the contest for European Commission president, it’s the Brussels Bubble vs. National leaders https://t.co/mDzpaasPob
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) 3 mei 2019
???? Protective Europe & ???? Competitive Europe at core of the 5 areas where #EU should focus its work in next political cycle. #FutureOfEurope #SibiuSummit
A must read for all interested in EU’s future https://t.co/M9JBN3Jrxo pic.twitter.com/3fiKX03PBq
— Elżbieta Bieńkowska (@EBienkowskaEU) 30 april 2019
A wave of crisis and change has emphasised Europe’s interdependence and the role of pan-European politics https://t.co/qj3WxTqqfb
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) 29 april 2019
Young Europeans rank migration and the environment as the bloc’s “key political problems” https://t.co/F4I9iHVFn9
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) 3 mei 2019
