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Makeshift classrooms, lecturers getting Rs 500 per class: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee promised Chicago-Harvard-like universities, delivered a mockery of education

An Indian Express ground investigation revealed that most of these varsities depend on guest faculty working at the UGC-mandated rate of Rs 500 per class.

Iran’s IRGC threatens to attack American Universities in West Asia saying strikes on Tehran destroyed two universities

The IRGC has threatened to target American universities in the Middle East unless the U.S. condemns recent strikes on Iranian campuses.

UGC’s equity regulations risk turning campuses into DEI laboratories that India can’t afford

What the UGC has proposed is not a modest reform but a sweeping bureaucratic architecture that closely resembles Western DEI frameworks, models that promised inclusion but instead delivered polarisation, litigation, and institutional paralysis. India is at risk of importing a failed ideological export at precisely the wrong moment.

UGC tells universities and colleges to keep campuses free of stray dogs as per Supreme Court order, orders appointment of dedicated nodal officers

In a significant step in tackling the menace of stray dog attacks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued strict directives to all higher...

US turning socialist: After taking stake in Intel and share of chip sales to China, Trump admin to take up to 50% share of...

US govt proposes to force universities to pay upto 50% of their patent income to the federal govt, particularly for those patents those developed with federal funding.

SFI members fight with students fasting on Maha Shivratri at Delhi’s SAU, clash with ABVP

The conflict began when ABVP members requested the mess administration to serve sattvic food, as many students were observing a fast on the occasion of Maha Shivratri and accused leftist goons of trying to "spoil" the religious harmony on campus.

UGC approves 2 admission cycles for Indian Universities: A game changer for Students

Kumar said that after UGC allowed biannual admissions last year, HEIs informed on the UGC portal that a total of 19,73,056 students enrolled in July (regular cycle) and an additional 4,28,854 students joined in January 2023 in ODL and online programs.

‘Calling for the genocide of Jews is not harassment, will consider only when they actually get killed’: Harvard, UPenn and MIT presidents

Harvard, MIT and UPenn Presidents refused to term call for genocide of Jews as bullying and harassment under university policy.

US Professor who was seen endorsing paedophilia barred from interacting with students, entering college campus

During the online interaction, Stephen Kershnar had gone on to claim that there are benefits to sexual relationships between underage children and grown adults.

Once a breeding ground of terrorism, new university change face of Azamgarh: Yogi Adityanath after Amit Shah laid foundation stone

Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of a state university in Azamgarh, which is infamous due to alleged links with terrorist activities

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