Affirmative action
Elon Musk slams DEI during discussion with Ben Shapiro: “Could come out of a George Orwell book”
The conversation flowed to DEI & the impact it has had on universities in the US. Shapiro compared DEI & its emphasis on race-based solutions to Nazi conspiracies about Jews
Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling leaves colleges for new ways to promote diversity
The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.
Leadership in the public sector
Even after it succeeded in installing filters that secure some degree of meritocracy in public sector appointments, the Greek state apparatus remains incapable of producing natural leaders able to serve in a continuous and politically unbiased manner.
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Greek State Min.: There are some incentives to reverse brain drain
There are too many problems that young people have to face in Greece, as the latter has not been a hospitable place for many decades, and that was one of the main reasons why many young people decided to leave. This was also stressed by the Minister of State, Mr Akis Skertos, speaking to ERT channel about the brain drain and how it will be reversed.
Taxation
How to reverse the brain drain
The Greek brain drain has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few years, most recently as a result of Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis' announcement of a pilot program for luring back 500 Greek scientists and experts by subsidizing 70 percent of their salaries for a period of one year.
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Rights of disabled people being flouted, Ombudsman report finds
The Greek Ombudsman's first-ever report on people with disabilities is a scathing condemnation of the country's failure to ensure that their fundamental rights are being upheld.
Nurse fired for sharing FB post critical of Alternate Health Minister
A nurse has reportedly been fired by the private health clinic Ippokratis in Piraeus because she shared a Facebook post that lambasted Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis.
Greek news websites reported that Polakis' wife is employed by the same clinic.
ND leader to present proposals for constitutional revision on Tuesday
The leader of Greece's Conservatives will present New Democracy proposals for the constitutional revision, during a meeting of the party's parliamentary group on Tuesday.
Fixing Greek education
In the past three years, Greece's leftist-led government has caused substantial damage to the education system.
Officials have been systematically trying to lower educational standards, also by scrapping measures that drive excellence and protect meritocracy.
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Diversity can be a national resource for competitiveness
It is cognitive diversity (diversity of knowledge, experience and perspectives) above all else that leads to higher performance and creative innovation in problem-solving and predictive tasks. This is more important than ever in an era of automation. Crucially though, diversity must walk hand in hand with inclusion.