In a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about the cost of elite education in the United States, a new study by GOBankingRates has revealed that the most expensive universities in the country are not part of the Ivy League. While institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton continue to symbolise academic excellence, they have been outpriced…
In a major realignment of academic priorities, the University of Utah has announced plans to eliminate 81 academic programs, following a state law that directs public colleges to cut underperforming offerings and invest in fields aligned with workforce demand.The university’s Board of Trustees approved the proposal on Tuesday. The plan still requires approval from the…
The National Law University (NLU), Delhi has officially begun the registration process for the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2026. The application window opened on August 7, 2025, and will remain active until November 10, 2025. AILET serves as the exclusive gateway for admission to NLU Delhi’s BA LL.B (Hons.), LL.M, and Ph.D in…
Is the clock ticking for Indian talent in the US? In August 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) did something uncharacteristically jarring—it quietly downgraded previous job estimates, revealing that 258,000 jobs initially reported for May and June had not, in fact, materialised. July’s fresh data wasn’t any better: Only 73,000 new jobs were…
In a bold step to reshape higher education and workforce readiness, Google has announced a $1 billion initiative to offer free AI education, training tools, and career resources to college students across the United States. Aimed at building the next generation of “AI natives,” the initiative targets both individuals and institutions, with the goal of…
Kolkata, The Calcutta High Court Thursday directed the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board to come up with a new merit list of examinees, holding that the published one did not conform to the court’s order on OBC reservation.Justice Kausik Chanda directed that the fresh panel will provide 7 per cent reservation for the 66…
What began as a policy memo has now metastasized into one of the most consequential legal face-offs in American higher education. At the center of the storm is Harvard University, an academic titan that now finds itself locked in a protracted battle with the Trump administration, not just over billions in frozen federal research funds,…
Harvard University, long regarded as a global epicenter of academic research, now finds itself at an unexpected impasse. With nearly $2.6 billion in federal research funding withdrawn, entire laboratories have ground to a halt, leaving promising breakthroughs in limbo, as reported by the Associated Press. Cryogenic freezers preserve years of blood samples and data collected…
In a move aimed at strengthening career guidance and promoting psychosocial wellbeing in schools, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday unveiled two major initiatives, the Career Guidance Dashboard and the Counseling Hub and Spoke School Model, for the academic session 2025–26.These flagship programs were introduced during an orientation-cum-interaction session attended by educators,…
Thomas Dohmke didn’t mince his words. “Either you have to embrace the AI, or you get out of your career,” the GitHub CEO declared in his recent blog post, “Developers, Reinvented.” The message wasn’t wrapped in corporate jargon or polite ambiguity, it was a thunderclap.For anyone still clinging to the traditional image of a software…
