90% favored staying in the EU. Article has a good summary of history of European universities.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/europes-universities-an-unbreakable-alliance

Job opportunities for higher education leaders.

http://www.educationdive.com/news/report-44-of-college-business-execs-likely-to-retire-in-4-years-or-less/422282/

http://www.businessinsider.com/venture-capital-investments-in-european-startups-by-city-2016-7?nr_email_referer=1&utm_content=COTD&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29:%20Berlin%20and%20London%20are%20the%20hottest%20startup%20cities%20in%20Europe%2C%20but%20No.%203%20is%20a%20rising%20star&utm_term=Tech%20Chart%20Of%20The%20Day

The Economist | Education: O-levels http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21701730-visit-michelle-obama-seems-improve-test-scores-o-levels?frsc=dg%7Cd

Is your country/region ready for the 4th industrial revolution?

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/07/what-is-networked-readiness-and-why-does-it-matter

South Korea launches first Internet of Things network – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36710667

For engineering education leaders looking to provide 21st century learning experiences to students – flash teams.

https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/melissa-valentine-re-inventing-way-we-work

Just came across this center that provides good information for prospective online learners. Engineering included – http://www.onlinecolleges.net/degrees/engineering/

The Center for Online Education is a collection of online educators and experts committed to providing informed, research-based guides for students pursuing college degrees online. Formerly OnlineColleges.net, the Center for Online Education was created to reflect the extensive team behind the resources, rankings and original research on the site.

R.T. Rybak, a former mayor of Minneapolis who is now executive director of Generation Next: “We need to truly believe that diversity is an asset. We are sitting on a global gold mine if we do this right.”

Read the CHE article here. If you can’t access drop me an email.

China to ‘boost global hunt’ for E.T. life with world’s largest radio telescope via Yahoo News Digest

https://www.yahoo.com/digest/20160703/china-boost-global-hunt-et-life-worlds-largest-radio-telescope-00674434

Get the app and the day’s need-to-know news. https://yho.com/newsdigestall

A system of constant learning used by Benjamin Franklin, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates. Good tips (some of which I follow!) for everyone at every level. Read the article here.

From Education Dive comes this article. All the Hispanic world can consider partnering with our Cuban higher education colleagues (especially Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, next door neighbors)

For my European colleagues (and others, too!). Good reading for universities willing to understand trends. Summary of the Mckinsey Report.

The findings these two studies are eye opening. We, as human beings, may be more selfless and altruistic than many of us may assume. The studies show that James R. Ozinga may be right in saying,

“Altruism is an instinct for survival that may be in our genes–an internal force for goodness in everyone that begins with birth.”

From Drexel University comes this infographic with tips for students AND professors. Quite good.

Download free the US National Academy of Engineering Workshop Report on the Forum on Proposed Revisions to ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission General Criteria on Student Outcomes and Curriculum (Criteria 3 and 5)

From Forbes – some tips for starting off your search on the right foot:

1. If you have spent the last eight hours posting for jobs online, you have wasted seven hours and 50 minutes.

2. Just because you did it doesn’t mean it belongs on your resume.

3. Don’t tell me about the things you were expected to do; write about the things you did that no one ever dreamed possible.

4. If no one returns your calls requesting a networking meeting, you are leaving the wrong message.

5. People who don’t think online networking is relevant to their job search will become irrelevant to the hiring managers who think it is.

6. People think they should talk in general terms about career successes, but you build trust with interviewers by talking about specifics.

7. When hiring managers ask you in an interview what your weakness is, they already know.

and I add one more,

8. Look for the company values before applying to the job – if they are in alignment with yours, apply.

http://news.stanford.edu/2016/06/29/stanford-researcher-finds-link-canned-food-exposure-hormone-disrupting-chemical/

Worst: canned soup, canned pasta & canned vegetables

Source: There will be 34 billion IoT devices installed on Earth by 2020 – Business Insider

Are we preparing the human resources to address this technology trend?