Without affirmative action, elite colleges are prioritising economic diversity in admissionsPrestigious colleges are enrolling record numbers of low-income students as a priority in the absence of affirmative action. Universities a...
11 Dec, 2025, 11.49 AM IST
MIT rejects Trump memo linking federal funding to campus policiesMIT's President Sally Kornbluth rejected a White House memo on federal funding policies, citing concerns over institutional independence an...
11 Oct, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
Following last year’s trend, JEE topper leaves IIT to join MIT, citing better opportunities overseasDevesh Bhaiya, AIR 8 in JEE Advanced 2025, will study at MIT. He is following a trend of top Indian students choosing international univers...
05 Jun, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
MIT to offer free tuition to families earning less than $200,000MIT broadened its financial aid program to cover tuition for undergraduates from families earning under $200,000 annually. Families earning...
23 Nov, 2024, 09.05 AM IST
Can you solve 7x - 5y = 24? Find out if you could have gained admission to MIT with this viral entrance examA Reddit post has gone viral with an 1869 MIT entrance exam paper. The paper, which features algebra questions, is amusingly simple compare...
02 Oct, 2024, 02.49 PM IST
How to get admission in prestigious universites like Harvard, MIT, Oxford, CambridgeAdmission to prestigious universities requires a combination of academic excellence, passion, and a well-rounded profile. By strategically ...
17 Aug, 2023, 10.48 AM IST
Want to study at the top 5 universities in the US?The list of top national colleges of the United States of 202-2023 has come out, where nearly 1500 colleges were evaluated according to 17 ...
14 Sep, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
American colleges’ admission rates dip to record lows, but international students gainApplicants are facing one of the most competitive admission processes this year as the number of applications have increased. Also, several...
15 Jan, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
JEE Advanced topper Chirag Falor to skip studying at IITs, will head to MITFalor, who bagged the top rank in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, had also scored 100 percentile in the JEE-Mains.
05 Oct, 2020, 07.17 PM IST
Srinagar's RISE students shine in engineering entranceOne student, Yawar Altaf from Srinagar, qualified JEE Advanced and was also shortlisted for interview for admission to the Massachusetts In...
20 Jun, 2017, 01.04 AM IST
Indian students in America concerned about future in Trump eraTrump’s executive orders restricting entry into the country and reports of curbs being planned on foreign students and workers are worrying...
05 Feb, 2017, 09.14 PM IST
Harvard-backed portal woos Super 30 founder Anand KumarAnand Kumar has been invited by edX, an online learning destination promoted by Harvard University and MIT, to teach mathematics.
01 Jul, 2016, 12.05 PM IST
PIO teen cracks all 8 Ivy League schools, plus 6 other elite universitiesPooja Chandrashekhar aimed for all eight ivies hoping to get into just one of them, "because college admissions is really unpredictable."
12 Apr, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
Why Carnegie Mellon University is making headlinesCMU sent 800 applicants to the school’s top-ranked master’s in computer science congratulatory emails, offering them admission.
22 Feb, 2015, 05.18 AM IST
Super 30 founder Anand Kumar invited to speak at MIT and HarvardThe programme promotes global social justice through their unparallelled and effective leadership of innovative and sustainable education r...
29 Sep, 2014, 01.55 PM IST
Education should go from bricks and mortar to bits and bytes: Anant Agarwal, EdXAnant Agarwal, president, EdX, talks to TOI about the role a virtual screen can play in education.
16 Sep, 2013, 10.24 AM IST
- She is just 23, and already in crorepati club
Here’s another reason for Bangaloreans to cheer. Shruti Chandrashekar, born and brought up in IT City, has joined the crorepati club with a...
24 Oct, 2006, 03.46 PM IST