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TopicCollege Admission

Topic: College Admission

Indian students among worst hit as US may see international enrolment dip 30% this Fall amid visa crisis

The US, on its end, faces a $7 billion revenue loss & 60,000 fewer jobs, reports the NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

Fully online, fewer subjects to cover, how CUET-UG will be different in 2025

Changes being implemented are 'based on recommendations from expert panel' formed to review CUET for both undergraduate and postgraduate admissions.

After Dartmouth & Yale, Brown becomes 3rd Ivy League to reinstate standardised test scores requirement

Standardised SAT and ACT scores were required for undergraduate admissions before COVID-19 hit the US, but several universities shifted to test-optional policies during pandemic.

CUET delay will push UG admissions by 2 months, could mean heavier course load, professors say

The second phase of the nationwide CUET, scheduled to conclude on 10 August, has been pushed back to 28 August owing to technical glitches at several exam centres.

No cut-offs in DU, different type of merit list at BHU — how CUET’s changing college admission

The Common University Entrance Test will be introduced from this academic session. This is how colleges plan to use it.

No need for physics, chemistry & maths for future admissions in architecture, says AICTE

Fashion technology & packaging technology courses will also be exempt from requirement, the technical education regulator said in its Approval Process 2022-23, released Tuesday.

After central universities, UGC wants state-run & deemed-to-be institutions to come under CUET

The regulator said using CUET for admission will save students from taking multiple entrance exams, and will 'in no way hinder' the reservation process.

‘Want Delhi University to be more inclusive’: V-C pushes for entrance exams instead of cut-offs

States where boards are less lenient with grading miss out due to the high cut-offs, says Yogesh Singh; Executive Council to take final call on DU’s proposal.

State board students won’t miss out on dream college, govt jobs over marks disparity. SOPs soon

Various state boards have different systems of evaluation, which creates issues when students apply to universities; AIU to issue SOP for more standardised assessment.

‘Becoming another brick in the wall’ — university admissions reduce students to just numbers

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On Camera

CJ Roy’s death raises an important question. Why isn’t there a time limit on tax raids?

Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.