On the Agenda – Week 25, 2019
Take 1 –Education
Recent debates over privilege and adversity in higher education have revealed an obsession with the question of access: who gets in, and why? Anthony Abraham Jack’s investigation redirects the conversation. https://t.co/qbzVlosvK4
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) 20 juni 2019
Beijing likely double down on patriotic education, and hasten mainland investment and immigration into Hong Kong, said Willy Lam. It’s a familiar playbook: Xinjiang, Tibet, to some extent Taiwan. Today’s story on CCP’s unrequited quest for loyalty and love https://t.co/ffpAHnoCbo
— Gerry Shih (@gerryshih) 17 juni 2019
This is worth a read: a thought-provoking reminder that education reform isn’t a cure-all. As a supporter of education reform, I agree that fixing educational inequality requires doing more to address the broader, systemic sources of economic inequality. https://t.co/96B7fkBM4u
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) 18 juni 2019
There are more refugees worldwide than ever, says the UN — and yet only 1% have access to higher education. Germany’s top diplomat says much more must be done to increase opportunities for displaced people.https://t.co/ECFl7PrQhq
— DW Politics (@dw_politics) 19 juni 2019
Take 2 –Research
Purge researchers, initiate trade & tariff wars, blacklist Chinese firms: a declining economy lashes out. Big mistake. US key problems are internal (inequality, division, declining education, instability…). Demonizing foreigners is distraction politics. https://t.co/P1JExtsNcZ
— Richard D. Wolff (@profwolff) 20 juni 2019
Even accounting for the differences in the cost of living, each PhD student at Addis Ababa University, for example, receives about 60% less funding than those in Europe or the US. https://t.co/MvedL3V5pW
— Nature News & Comment (@NatureNews) 20 juni 2019
Thanks @Slate for publishing our article “We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused.” @VinArceneaux @bnbakker @claire_gothreau https://t.co/nl5yzRfDty
— Gijs Schumacher (@GijsSchumacher) 21 juni 2019
Take 3 – Iran
“The operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off, a senior administration official said. Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down…” https://t.co/NhoqREO5L6
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) 21 juni 2019
To keep up with today’s biggest stories, visit https://t.co/aOdqAB5YSK.
• The drone the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot out of the sky happens to be one of the US military’s most advanced high-altitude unmanned aircraft.https://t.co/qCnCci2M4B
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) 20 juni 2019
Iran’s ingenious solution to a lack of water. #Iran #qanat #sustainability #innovation https://t.co/wXPXwj9HJN
— BBC Travel (@BBC_Travel) 10 juni 2019
Mohammad Bathaei, Iran’s controversial education minister, can claim some victory in gathering bipartisan support for his campaign against the country’s educational book publishers https://t.co/hEXVmkCOoq
— Al-Monitor (@AlMonitor) 6 februari 2019
