The Online Challenge to Higher Education Archives | Issues in Science and Technology http://issues.org/issue/29-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:54:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png The Online Challenge to Higher Education Archives | Issues in Science and Technology http://issues.org/issue/29-4/ 32 32 Prescription for Productivity https://issues.org/book-review-prescription-for-productivity/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1344 Everyone thinks the United States needs more innovation—to shore up economic growth, to generate more jobs, to improve schools, to improve health care—and so we have a profusion of academics, think-tank experts,… Read More

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]]> From the Hill – Summer 2013 https://issues.org/from-the-hill/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1345 Sequester in review
In spite of substantial debate and controversy over the effects of indiscriminate across-the-board cuts in the days leading up to the deadline, sequestration went into effect on March 1… Read More

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]]> What’s Art Got to Do with It? https://issues.org/editors-journal-whats-art-got-to-do-with-it/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1346 For the past eight years Issues has been including art in addition to its written articles. There’s nothing unusual about including illustrations and other types of visual material to accompany articles in… Read More

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]]> Time for a Government Advisory Committee on Geoengineering Research https://issues.org/time-for-a-government-advisory-committee-on-geoengineering-research/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1347 Nobody likes geoengineering. But whether your basic response is revulsion or resignation, the idea is getting increasing attention, and we need to develop a better way of talking about it. The… Read More

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]]> Forum – Summer 2013 https://issues.org/forum-2/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1348 Smarter health care
Robert Saunders and Mark D. Smith (“The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care,” Issues, Spring 2013) describe a path for building a smart health care system that provides… Read More

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]]> What Shortages? The Real Evidence About the STEM Workforce https://issues.org/what-shortages-the-real-evidence-about-the-stem-workforce/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1349 Computer science graduates in 1998 often looked to Microsoft as the hottest employer in town—and as it turned out, for good reason. Within four years of joining the company, they would be… Read More

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]]> A Public-Private Approach to Public Safety Communications https://issues.org/a-public-private-approach-to-public-safety-communications/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1350 After the tragic bombing at the Boston marathon, Boston’s cellular networks instantly filled with calls. One company spokeswoman had to publicly plead with its customers “to use text or email to… Read More

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]]> Proposed: A Competition to Improve Workforce Training https://issues.org/proposed-a-competition-to-improve-workforce-training/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1351 In the United States, education and training programs have long been key in helping people get better jobs and achieve higher living standards. With the earnings divide between skilled and unskilled… Read More

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]]> Making Energy Access Meaningful https://issues.org/making-energy-access-meaningful/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1352 In a somewhat inconsequential meeting at the United Nations (UN) in 2009, Kandeh Yumkella, then Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s informally assigned “energy guy,”… Read More

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]]> The Online Challenge to Higher Education https://issues.org/the-online-challenge-to-higher-education/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/?p=1353 National Academy of Engineering Presational Academy of Engineering President Charles Vest tells a story about the roles of people and computers. In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat chess master Garry… Read More

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