International criminal court agreed to take up a case that will see us taliban and afghan officials investigated for suspected war crimes. And in sport indias women make circuits in history without a ball being bowled through to the t 20 world cup final. Against england in. Negotiations the escalating violence and an impending refugee crisis for europe we begin this news hour would syria turkeys president is meeting the russian leader in moscow with the hope of reaching a ceasefire and if the province fighting there is threatening to drag the 2 countries to direct conflict little into the east here. The syrian army has had heavy losses therefore we definitely need to discuss everything all of the situation that has developed so that nothing like it happens again destroys russian turkish relations which we i know you as well pay much attention to and really appreciate. Well on the ground the bombardment has killed at least 15 civilians russia is backing Syrian Government soldiers and tu
Center a nursing facility in suburban seattle for other coronavirus cases in the state are also links to that facility and in the Bay Area Health officials announced 2 new cases of coronavirus in Santa Clara County that county now has 9 confirmed cases in San Mateo County Officials Say one resident has tested presumptive positive for the coronavirus. That means the person has tested positive at a Public Health lab and officials are awaiting additional confirmation testing from the cdc. The adult patient is now in the hospital in isolation, the source of that patients exposure is not known today about 140 people were released from quarantine at Travis Air Force base near fairfield they were evacuated from that diamond princess cruise ship that was docked in japan where more than 700 people tested positive for the virus, 45 of them are americans making up about half of the total cases in the u s those released were bused to nearby airports, including the one in sacramento. Passengers who
University in the United States you will see claims such as this university which he tried to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems it will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you kno
A disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you know a good system in a bad shape or is it actually fraud claiming to provide what you know you cannot provide and charging a fortune for well i think its volved to be i dont think that was ever the intent and i dont think that it was malicious in its beginnings and in fact if you think about the of the broader concept of a classical education. The goal really was to provide you with the various disciplinary activities that you need in order to be able to think critically and 200 years ago that was possible its because humanity did didnt know much right and so in one degree you could teach science and math and philosophy and history and basically cover what most of the professors knew and you could impart that to the students and they would get a very broad and systematic educati
University in the United States you will see claims such as that this university will to try to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems that will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you