Around 50,000,000 people have student loans (more official numbers are like 45,000,000, but I dispute their accounting methods). The bulk of these people have taken these loans in exchange for worthless college credits, while perhaps 20% actually managed to get a degree, with the value of such a degree varying from $0 to, well, something […] … learn more→

President Joko Widodo often touched the performance of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemristekdikti) regarding the competitiveness of universities in Indonesia which he considered to be unsatisfactory. Lastly, last October, Jokowi was surprised why only three universities (PTs) had succeeded in entering the world’s top 2018 universities in 2018 version of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) . The President […] … learn more→

Neuroscience has found a clear relationship between music and language acquisition. Bluntly: learning music in the early years of schooling can help children learn to read. Both activities share a network superimposed on the brain. From an evolutionary perspective, the human brain developed the acquisition of music much earlier than that of language and then used that […] … learn more→

It is high time that the learning of curiosity prevails over that of submission. This is the “credo” on which Learn in the 21st century is based , the important and fascinating contribution that François Taddei has just made to the reflection on the future of the school and the issues of knowledge. If we want to progress towards a “learning […] … learn more→

How to respond to requirements that arise from the provision of knowledge in contexts where requests for technical expertise in health or medical intervention are increasing? In June 2018, at the West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, we presented for the first time our collective book Tu seras docteur.e mon enfant , in the presence of […] … learn more→

This week the government asked former High Court Chief Justice Robert French to head an inquiry into free speech on universities. Education minister Dan Tehan claimed it was because concerns had been raised about people shutting down the views of those they disagree with, and security costs for controversial speakers on campus. Universities are accusing the minister of “jumping to the […] … learn more→

Kelsey Hrubes knew she had a challenge on her hands when she visited Germany as a study abroad student back in 2015. “I was forced to adapt to cultural norms I had never considered before and try to comprehend everything in a new language,” recalls Hrubes, a software engineer at Microsoftand 2017 Iowa State graduate in […] … learn more→

At the beginning of this school year, it wasn’t just children who were grumbling about homework. A despairing comment on social media by comedian Rob Delaney about the amount demanded of his children sparked much debate – and plenty of support from frustrated parents. Not everyone agrees of course. According to the Campaign for Real Education […] … learn more→

Migrants  ? Refugees? Exiles? Asylum seekers  ? The Prefect talks about asylum seekers. I will use the term refugees for simplicity now. At the end of August 2018, the Prefect is looking for a gymnasium to welcome for three weeks refugees to leave a gymnasium in the city of Évry. In agreement with the president of the University Paris-Sud and the director of the UFR STAPS , the Prefect thus […] … learn more→

“But there are no peer reviewed papers disputing global warming.” 20ish years ago, when global warming was being crammed down our throats every day, the above was often cited as “proof” that climate warming was real. Climategate 1.0 exposed the reason for the lack of such studies was because pressure was being placed on journals […] … learn more→