Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Online Debates on Education sponsored by The Economist Oct. 15 - 23rd.
The Economist is sponsoring a series of online debates. The first debate will be on education. You can vote on their five education propositions. Judge them carefully. Issues center on education and the role of technology, corporate initiatives, social networking, limits on foreign students and the digital divide. To review the propositions and vote for your favorite one click here.
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Hi Stephen - Jeff here with Sparkpr for The Economist.
Thanks so much for following the new Economist Debate Series and encouraging your readers to participate in what is sure to be a lively discussion about global education issues.
If you'd like, I can tell you some more information about the debates and even give you a tip on what topic is most likely to win and what debaters will participate.
If you're interested, please email me at jeff at sparkpr dot com
Best,
Jeff
Hi Stephen –
Thanks for posting about The Economist Debate Series. In our first debate, thousands of participants formed a lively community around the debates and our second round looks to be just as exciting. I invite you and your fellow readers to take part. Sign up now for email alerts to keep updated on the events as the debate unfolds, and starting tomorrow read the opening statements and post your own comments to the floor. We’re also working on a Facebook group for followers of the debates, so let me know if that’s of interest to you. We can invite you when it’s live.
Since you’re a preferred blogger and a member of the technology community that The Economist aims to serve with this debate, we wanted to give you an early look at what will happen on Tuesday, when we kick off the debate with opening arguments.
This month’s contentious proposition is: “This house proposes governments and universities everywhere should be competing to attract and educate all suitably-qualified students regardless of nationality and residence."
Our expert debaters are two global thought leaders in education and immigration policy, and will square off on either side of the issue.
- Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford University (Pro)
- Jessica Vaughan, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Immigration Studies (Con)
Here’s a short debate schedule:
- Dec 11th – Opening statements
- Dec 12th – Guest participant statement, Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president, U.S. Council on Competitiveness
- Dec 14th – Rebuttals. Share comments on the issues so far, and vote
- Dec 18th – Guest participant statement, Irene Mia, Associate Director and Senior Economist with the Global Competitiveness Network at the World Economic Forum
- Dec 19th – Closing arguments by the Speakers. Post final comments and vote for your winner
- Dec 21st –Debate winner announced
Check back regularly to see your colleagues and friends deliberate and examine each others’ viewpoints from the floor. And as always, if you prefer not to be contacted again by me regarding The Economist Debate Series, please let me know. I’m more than happy to comply.
Please support discourse, and may intelligence prevail!
Sincerely,
Jeff Koo at Sparkpr for The Economist
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