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TopicIvy league colleges

Topic: Ivy league colleges

Indian universities must not mimic Ivy Leagues. Global rankings won’t build Viksit Bharat

The NEP sets the direction, but without funding, autonomy, and real implementation, it will remain a vision without velocity.

SubscriberWrites: Does alma mater really matter?

The importance of one’s alma mater is reflected in its resources, education, and networking with peers, which significantly affects career prospects and opportunities.

Inspired by judges, SC cook’s daughter studied law, got admission to Ivy League schools

Pragya Samal was floored Wednesday when SC judges led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud gave her a standing ovation and gifted her signed books on the Constitution.

Harvard donors pull out, Columbia students lose job offers — top US colleges in Israel-Palestine fix

Philanthropic organisation Wexner Foundation & business leaders like Bill Ackman, Idan Ofer have expressed concern over sharp divide in opinions & protests at college campuses.

High family income, not SAT scores, is your real ticket to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton

In ‘The Tyranny of Merit’, Michael J. Sandel writes about contemporary attitudes toward success, failure, and meritocracy.

Ivy League universities offer free online courses amid Covid-19 lockdown

The eight Ivy League universities are offering more than 450 free online courses and students will receive a 'verified certificate' upon completion.

H1B row: Will Covid, recession dampen Indian students’ desire to study and work abroad?

Due to Covid-19 crisis and global recession, over 20-25 per cent of H1B employees in the US could be laid off in the coming weeks and forced to return to India.

Truth behind working-class students and academics avoiding top universities

When it comes to university choices, rather than focus on admissions trends, students would benefit if they interrogate institutional staff lists, biographies.

India’s elite schools are good enough for the rich and famous, but our colleges aren’t

There’s a whole new universe of elite Indian schools where the rich and illustrious educate their children.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.