On the Agenda – Week 43, 2019
Take 1 –Education
De groeiende privatisering van Indiase universiteiten, de strijd om financiering van universiteiten in Australië, waarom universiteitsbestuurders een visie moeten hebben en de onderwijsplannen van Elizabeth Warren.
Can India Afford the Increasing Privatisation of Public Universities? Manzoor Ahmad Parey writes https://t.co/hkySJ2E3El via @thewire_in
— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) October 24, 2019
Ex-minister questions scrapping of Australian university fund; Julie Bishop also tells THE that country’s universities should rank betterhttps://t.co/3DWm0KJEJW
— TimesHigherEducation (@timeshighered) October 23, 2019
Why a higher education leader should have a vision (opinion) https://t.co/FhslrjwFmg
— Inside Higher Ed (@insidehighered) October 22, 2019
Elizabeth Warren marches with striking Chicago teachers, a day after releasing new K-12 education plan. https://t.co/8Vrb7HCZP1
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 22, 2019
Take 2 –Research
Een Nobelwinnaar die zich afvraagt of de huidige universiteiten wel in staat zijn voor innovatie te zorgen, Trump kiest eerste zeven adviseurs voor wetenschap en technologie, de nieuwe wetenschap die de fossiele industrie angst inboezemt en de technologische strijd tussen de VS en China.
Universities, in their modern form, are incapable of driving innovation, says Nobel laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselo https://t.co/ZopfoqEXA3
— Sara Custer (@sarakcuster) October 24, 2019
Thirty-three months after taking office, President Trump has chosen the first seven of an expected group of 16 members to advise him on science and technology policy. https://t.co/z0ukRdUNHr
— AAAS (@aaas) October 22, 2019
Have you heard of “attribution science”? Fossil fuel companies have, and they’re scared of it. https://t.co/j8tryUb0jk
— POLITICO (@politico) October 22, 2019
Trump administration officials are split over a plan to keep technology out of Chinese hands https://t.co/TAtuwOKG6q
— Ana Swanson (@AnaSwanson) October 23, 2019
Take 3 – Brazil
Alles over Brazilië waar de wetenschap kan helpen om het regenwoud te beschermen.
“I fear both Brazil’s science and the Amazon rainforest are approaching a tipping point — from which recovery is probably impossible. To avoid it, scientists in and outside Brazil should protest vigorously against the anti-science movement” – Carlos Nobre https://t.co/ZP3PRCAzeq
— Richard Betts (@richardabetts) October 22, 2019
— The Rio Times (@TheRioTimes) October 19, 2019
Retired police chiefs, judges, politicians and other state employees currently receive monthly payments as high as $9,000, nearly 20 times what most private-funded pensions provide pensioners. That’s hamstrung the state and hurt the economy. https://t.co/99CciqrO3A
— Juan Forero (@WSJForero) October 23, 2019
— The Rio Times (@TheRioTimes) October 19, 2019
