Why is Columbia University's accreditation under threat from the Trump administration?Columbia University may lose its approval from the US government. Trump’s team says the school didn’t protect Jewish students properly. If ...
05 Jun, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
Donald Trump issues major mandate for U.S schools; here are 7 things all American parents need to knowDonald Trump’s latest education executive orders are creating major waves across schools and colleges in the U.S. From pushing AI learning ...
24 Apr, 2025, 10.34 PM IST
How autonomous colleges are breaking India's rigid degree systemArmed with autonomy, colleges are gaining full control of their destiny and of their students.
17 May, 2019, 11.46 PM IST
Liberating India’s best colleges: HRD minister Javadekar announces most far reaching reformsThe announcement by the HRD minister has translated the recommendations by Niti committee into action in the areas of autonomy to universit...
15 Feb, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
Full autonomy on cards for top higher educational institutesThe idea is to introduce a three-tier autonomy mechanism, as per which the top-ranked institutions will get full academic, administrative a...
20 Sep, 2017, 01.33 AM IST
Govt plans joint degrees with foreign varsities, higher pay to faculty for better education in IndiaAcademic collaboration to be permitted only with foreign institutions that are in top 500 world rankings such as QS, Shanghai or Times High...
22 Jun, 2017, 06.43 AM IST
The new uncool: Dear parents, don't push kids to become engineersA few years ago, a McKinsey report said just a quarter of engineers in India were employable. Of late, some other studies put it at less th...
23 May, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
Karnataka government directs engineering colleges to get NBA accreditationIn an attempt to remedy the lack of affiliation, the Karnataka government has directed all state engineering colleges to get their course a...
11 May, 2017, 11.15 AM IST
60 per cent of engineering graduates unemployedAll this points to the huge variation in standards of technical colleges in the country, a majority of whom churn out graduates who are not...
18 Mar, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
UGC recast to free up higher education put on fast trackThe Prakash Javadekar-led ministry of human resource development has finalised the first roadmap to bring in a new system that is less pres...
17 Mar, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
- Bar Council alleges Kapil Sibal's reforms agenda interfering with its autonomy
There is no respite in sight for human resource development minister Kapil Sibal and his education reforms agenda.
02 Jun, 2012, 07.35 AM IST
- 'First set of Obama-Singh proposals soon'
The first set of proposals under the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, launched during Manmohan Singh's visit to USA in 2009 a...
22 Feb, 2012, 07.57 PM IST
- 'Indian overseas students shifting towards different courses'
With trends changing across the world, preference of students was also shifting towards several new specialised courses in fine arts, scien...
24 Jan, 2012, 05.43 PM IST
- Indian engineering degrees may be recognized in 13 countries soon
India is steadily gearing up for full membership of Washington Accord, the exclusive group of 13 countries that recognizes each other's eng...
31 Mar, 2011, 10.39 PM IST
- Seeking donation to be made jailable offence
Educational institutions indulging in malpractices like charging capitation fee from students or giving wrong information about the faculty...
18 Feb, 2010, 08.40 AM IST
- Crisil-type agency to rate higher education?
HRD ministry’s proposed independent regulatory authority for assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions will not only ...
27 Jun, 2009, 11.58 AM IST
- Education: There's a need to raise the bar
The exam system requires reform. Performance shouldn’t be based on final exams.
05 Sep, 2006, 03.20 AM IST