For me, my 'knowledge notes' provide a way to record the 'global buzz' on a number of topics that I follow. However, I have received some feedback from those who read my newsfeed, or my contributions to various 'topic exchange channels,' to include only one item, or news story, per post. I have been doing this for the past couple of weeks and find that it has been difficult for me to 'contain' certain areas to this format. And so, I will attempt, at least for this 'knowledge economy' news channel, a more conversational inclusion of multiple stories, on this single topic, in a single post, and see how well it is 'digested' by my fine readership.
Today, on INQ7.net, Irene R. Sino Cruz talks about the Philippine government's desire to ensure a continuous stream of local technical workers and prepare future knowledge workers for the "Knowledge Economy" through the Philippine's 'PCs for Public School Project (PCPS 2).'
The Star Telegram, in Fort Worth, Texas has an 'Opinion' piece on the "City of Arlington 2025 Visioning Report" and Arlington's need to draw and keep college graduates to support an evolving "knowledge economy."
In 'Pakistan Link Headlines,' talking about the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) being held in Geneva from December 10 to 12, Dr. Attaur Rehman of Pakistan said the representatives from governments, private sectors, civil society, international organisations and mass media would attend the Summit. He said the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) "was not about Information Technology but was about the transition taking place during the last two decades where the world had moved from a natural resource based economy to the knowledge economy."
'The News Review' from Douglas County, Oregon, reporter,Chris Casey, writes about the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce's 2004 Business Outlook Forum where David Frohnmayer, president of the University of Oregon, advocates greater investment in higher education, a critical player in the emerging "knowledge economy." He noted that the University of Oregon in 2002 received $70 million in state tax money and spent $700 million in the local and regional economy. "That's a 10-to-1 return on investment," he said. "If we were all on the stock market, we'd want to buy that stock on the basis of its equity value. And that's a year-in and year-out return."
In 'The Guardian' Dr. Ray Greek, medical director of 'Europeans for Medical Advancement' speaks out on how the government policy to promote an internationally competitive knowledge economy in Britain is influencing the direction of British science for economic motives, even though they conflict with public health interests and he concludes that "A knowledge economy based on erroneous knowledge is doomed to fail."
And, in 'The Financial Express' today Pradip Kumar Dey, FE Research Group, agrees with Pythagoras that "Numbers rule the universe." He notes that "While petroleum sector majors remain on top of FE 500 (numbers generated by The Financial Express Research Bureau analysing the performance of India's top 500,) companies from the knowledge economy, steel, automobiles and pharmaceuticals have also moved to the top of the pile."
K-Collector Topics: civil society Conversations Education Health Media Topic Exchange Knowledge Economy