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ZOETERMEER (ANP) - De ondernemersorganisatie voor de Nederlandse technologische industrie FME is verontrust over de nieuwe heffingen die de Verenigde Staten Nederland en zeven andere Europese landen wil opleggen. Dat zegt voorzitter Theo Henrar in reactie op de aankondiging van president Donald Trump.
"De Verenigde Staten zijn namelijk een van de belangrijkste exportbestemmingen voor de Nederlandse technologische industrie", aldus Henrar. "Het is op dit moment nog onduidelijk hoe deze tarieven er in de praktijk uit komen te zien, dus FME volgt de ontwikkelingen op de voet."
De heffingen worden opgelegd aan Nederland, Denemarken, Zweden, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Finland, Noorwegen en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Die landen hebben deze week aangekondigd militairen te sturen naar Groenland voor een verkenningsmissie.
De gezamenlijke omzet van de FME-leden bedraagt 139 miljard euro, waarvan 59 miljard euro uit export. Machines zijn een van de belangrijkste Nederlandse exportproducten naar de Verenigde Staten.
BRUSSEL (ANP) - De Verenigde Staten spelen met de aangekondigde heffingen voor Europese landen vooral China en Rusland in de kaart, zegt EU-buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas. Volgens haar dreigen zowel de VS als Europa hierdoor armer te worden en hebben alleen hun tegenstanders daar baat bij.
"China en Rusland zullen wel een goede dag hebben", schrijft Kallas op X. "Zij zijn degenen die profiteren van verdeeldheid onder bondgenoten."
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump kwam met de heffingen tegen acht Europese landen, omdat zij Groenland en Denemarken steunen in hun verzet tegen de Amerikaanse annexatiedrang. Trump zegt het arctische eiland nodig te hebben voor de nationale veiligheid en om te voorkomen dat Rusland en China het zouden kunnen innemen.
Denemarken heeft gezegd dat er geen sprake is van een Chinese of Russische dreiging bij Groenland. Kallas benadrukt dat "als de veiligheid van Groenland in gevaar is, dan kunnen we dit binnen de NAVO aanpakken".
MALMÖ (ANP) - De Nederlandse handbalmannen hebben hun eerste duel op het EK verloren van Zweden. Ondanks het verlies liet de ploeg van bondscoach Staffan Olsson zich van zijn beste kant zien. Tegen de recordwinnaar van het EK en medegastland van dit toernooi werd het 36-31.
In de volgepakte Malmö Arena kon Nederland lang mee met de Zweden. Vlak voor rust, bij een achterstand van 12-11, moest Oranje-sterspeler Luc Steins met rood van het veld na het duwen van het doorgebroken Zweedse toptalent Nikola Roganović. Diezelfde Roganović, 19 jaar oud, scoorde de strafworp vanaf 7 meter die op de overtreding volgde. Op dat moment was het verschil gemaakt in het voordeel van het gastland.
Eerder op zaterdag wist Kroatië in de groep van Nederland met 32-29 te winnen van Georgië. Een plek bij de eerste twee in de groep van vier is nodig om de hoofdronde van het toernooi te bereiken. Nederland speelt maandag tegen Kroatië en woensdag tegen Georgië.
A new article from Bloomberg says dozens of America's colleges "succumbed to a fundamental problem killing colleges across the US: not enough students. The schools will award their final degrees this spring, stranding students not yet ready to graduate and forcing faculty and staff to hunt for new jobs."
The country's tumbling birth rate is pushing schools toward a "demographic cliff," where a steadily dropping population of people in their late teens and early 20s will leave desks and classrooms empty. Many smaller, lesser-known schools like Cazenovia have already hit the precipice. They're firing professors, paring back liberal arts courses in favor of STEM — or closing altogether. Others will likely reach the cliff in the next few years... [T]the US birth rate ticked upward slightly before the 2008 financial crisis, and that brief demographic boost has kept enrollment at larger schools afloat. But the nationwide pool of college-aged Americans is expected to shrink after 2025. Schools face the risk that each incoming class could be smaller than the last. The financial pressure will be relentless...
Since 2020, more than 40 schools have announced plans to close, displacing students and faculty and leaving host towns without a key economic engine... Close to 400 schools could vanish in the coming decade, according to Huron Consulting Group. The projected closures and mergers will impact around 600,000 students and redistribute about $18 billion in endowment funds, Huron estimates... Pennsylvania State University, citing falling enrollment at many of its regional branches, plans to shutter seven of its 20 branch campuses after the spring 2027 semester... [C]ampuses in far-flung places, without brand recognition, are falling out of favor with students already questioning the value of a college degree. For example, while Penn State's flagship University Park campus saw enrollment grow 5% from 2014 to 2024, 12 other Penn State campuses recorded a 35% drop, according to a report tasked with determining whether closures were necessary.
The article notes that "Less than half of students whose schools shut down before they graduate re-enroll in another college or university, according to a 2022 study."
But even at colleges that remain, "The shrinking supply of students has already sparked a frenzied competition for high school seniors..."
Some public institutions are letting seniors bypass traditional requirements like essays and letters of recommendation to gain entry automatically... Direct-admission programs, which allow students to skip traditional applications, are one potential response. Some 15 states have them, according to Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He found in a 2022 paper that direct admissions increased first-year undergrad enrollment by 4% to 8%... And they don't require nearly as many paid staff to run, since there are no essays or letters of recommendation to read.
The country's tumbling birth rate is pushing schools toward a "demographic cliff," where a steadily dropping population of people in their late teens and early 20s will leave desks and classrooms empty. Many smaller, lesser-known schools like Cazenovia have already hit the precipice. They're firing professors, paring back liberal arts courses in favor of STEM — or closing altogether. Others will likely reach the cliff in the next few years... [T]the US birth rate ticked upward slightly before the 2008 financial crisis, and that brief demographic boost has kept enrollment at larger schools afloat. But the nationwide pool of college-aged Americans is expected to shrink after 2025. Schools face the risk that each incoming class could be smaller than the last. The financial pressure will be relentless...
Since 2020, more than 40 schools have announced plans to close, displacing students and faculty and leaving host towns without a key economic engine... Close to 400 schools could vanish in the coming decade, according to Huron Consulting Group. The projected closures and mergers will impact around 600,000 students and redistribute about $18 billion in endowment funds, Huron estimates... Pennsylvania State University, citing falling enrollment at many of its regional branches, plans to shutter seven of its 20 branch campuses after the spring 2027 semester... [C]ampuses in far-flung places, without brand recognition, are falling out of favor with students already questioning the value of a college degree. For example, while Penn State's flagship University Park campus saw enrollment grow 5% from 2014 to 2024, 12 other Penn State campuses recorded a 35% drop, according to a report tasked with determining whether closures were necessary.
The article notes that "Less than half of students whose schools shut down before they graduate re-enroll in another college or university, according to a 2022 study."
But even at colleges that remain, "The shrinking supply of students has already sparked a frenzied competition for high school seniors..."
Some public institutions are letting seniors bypass traditional requirements like essays and letters of recommendation to gain entry automatically... Direct-admission programs, which allow students to skip traditional applications, are one potential response. Some 15 states have them, according to Taylor Odle, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He found in a 2022 paper that direct admissions increased first-year undergrad enrollment by 4% to 8%... And they don't require nearly as many paid staff to run, since there are no essays or letters of recommendation to read.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Een persoon is zaterdagavond rond 20:50 uur gestoken in het park tussen de Esdoornlaan en de Boulevard in Rozenburg. De politie heeft twee verdachten aangehouden. Bij die arrestatie loste een agent een waarschuwingsschot.
