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(Future of Work) What more than 32,000 people think about the future of work (WEF)

Victoria Masterson Almost 40% of workers think their job will be obsolete within five years, according to PwC’s Hopes and fears 2021 report https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/work-survey-pwc-automation-jobs/

(Future of Work) The future of face-to-face: how COVID-19 will reshape learning and work (WEF)

So-Young Kang The COVID-19 pandemic has busted the myth that work-from-home and online training is impractical or ineffective https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/future-remote-working-digital-learning-covid-19/

(Innovation/Technology/Autonomous Trucks) Autonomous Trucks: An Opportunity to Make Road Freight Safer, Cleaner and More Efficient (WEF)

The logistics sector is currently experiencing a paradigm shift – autonomous trucking. The technology involved has the potential to significantly decrease the cost of...

(China/Iran) Slender Beijing-Tehran Agreement: More is Less, Despite Hype (AGSIW)

Jonathan Fulton China is not going to jeopardize relations with the United States or the Gulf Arab states for stronger ties with an Iran of...

(UAE/India/Pakistan) The United Arab Emirates and a South Asian Peace Process (AGSIW)

Umer Karim Geopolitical developments and mounting domestic challenges for India and Pakistan coalesced to create the right timing for the UAE’s efforts to broker a...

(Yemen) Battlefield Realities Overshadow Some Core Yemeni Concerns in Peace Process (Arab Gulf State Institute)

Fatima Abo Alasrar With multiple interests at play, peacemaking in Yemen is a complex problem that goes beyond one party's willingness to take action. https://agsiw.org/battlefield-realities-overshadow-some-core-yemeni-concerns-in-peace-process/  

(USA) New Study Reveals Positive Impacts of Paraeducators on Student Achievement (New America)

Amaya Garcia Paraeducators, also known as teaching assistants, play an essential role in supporting student learning. https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/new-study-reveals-positive-impacts-of-paraeducators-on-student-achievement/

(USA) Minnesota Student Loan Borrowers (New America)

As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, payments have been paused for federal student loan borrowers nationwide until at least September 2021. Almost one...

(USA) How can we bring students back to community college? Give them jobs (New America)

Iris Palmer  and Mary Alice McCarthy A tragic number of students have vanished from higher education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide, there was an almost four...

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