When Columbia University struck a $200 million settlement with the Trump administration last month, it bought back the promise of stability for its world-class research enterprise. The agreement restored hundreds of millions in frozen federal grants that had been abruptly cut earlier this year, but for many scientists on campus, the deal feels less like…
America’s clean energy transition has often collided with political and legal resistance, but the latest battlefront is in academia. According to The New York Times, Brown University is under pressure from a Washington law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms, demanding the retraction of research that connects anti-wind groups to conservative networks. The letter…
The US Department of Education, in coordination with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and multiple federal partners, on Monday issued new guidance warning American colleges and universities about mounting foreign threats to their research programs.The guidance, released as part of the Safeguarding Academia bulletin, outlines…
The Harvard Graduate Students Union–United Auto Workers (HGSU-UAW) has proposed new contract provisions to secure academic freedom protections for graduate student workers, a move that could set a precedent for higher education labor agreements nationwide.The proposal, presented to University negotiators during a Thursday bargaining session, seeks to establish Harvard’s first centralized definition of academic freedom…
Education in America is often narrated through its symbols of prestige: The marble halls of the Ivy League, billion-dollar endowments, cavernous football stadiums, and dorm life that looks like freedom rehearsed. But for most of the 19 million college students in the United States, as reported by The New York Times, that picture is a…
George Mason University found in violation of Title VI by US Department of Education. (Getty Images) Efforts to diversify the workforce at George Mason University, once heralded as a progressive step toward inclusion, have drawn federal scrutiny for allegedly breaching civil rights law. The US Department of Education concluded that the university’s diversity, equity, and…
A few days ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom ignited a national storm when he accused Ivy League stalwarts, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania, of “selling their souls” to the Trump administration in exchange for federal research funds. His words cut deeply into the moral crisis facing higher education: should universities bend to…
As uncertainty looms over the Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme in the United States, thousands of Indian students already studying and working there find themselves staring at an unsettling future. With the US administration weighing changes to F-1 visa rules and tightening compliance checks, the OPT, a crucial pathway that allows international students to gain…
RSSB postpones VDO exam 2025: The Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB) has officially postponed the Village Development Officer (VDO) 2025 examination, originally scheduled for August 31, 2025. The Board announced that the exam will now take place on November 2, 2025, citing administrative reasons in its official notice on rssb.rajasthan.gov.in.This postponement has significant implications for…
A quiet revolution is reshaping American classrooms, one illuminated screen at a time. The steady glow of laptops and tablets now vies with the hum of concentrated study, as students sit with textbooks open yet minds distracted by the incessant lure of smartphones and digital alerts. Once celebrated as the ultimate conduit for knowledge, technology…
