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Students United States

AVID: Michigan schools opting for student equity in all aspects

Ferndale Middle School, a school in Michigan has started an Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program which enables students with...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• October 1, 2019
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United States Universities

Dorms are dumps, but the architecture is fine in Princeton

Maintenance problems of bathrooms and inaccessible basic facilities of the student dorms at Princeton University sorely needed attention.  The concerns...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• October 1, 2019
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Government United States

US Education Department releases CMES $235K funding

The Education Department led by Betsy DeVos supported the Consortium of Middle East Studies (CMES) in Duke University-University of North...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 30, 2019
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India Innovation

GMAC: The next big ed-tech company in India’s education market

Get Me A Course (GMAC) was launched in 2016 with a purpose to enable students and learners to choose whatever...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 30, 2019
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India Universities

IITs plan greater financial autonomy

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are focusing on increasing the number of students that pay full fees for their...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 30, 2019
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India Opportunities

India draws biggest EdTech investments

The opportunity for education technology investments is the biggest in India in 2019 with its ongoing reforms to improve the...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 29, 2019
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Australia Students

Highest ranking colleges rank worst on sexual assault responses in...

According to some unreleased reports by the Sunday Morning Herald and the Sunday Age, it was found that 8 of...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 29, 2019
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United States Universities

Yale Prison Education Initiative: Credit based liberal arts course

Yale University, since 2018, has been running the Yale Prison Education Initiative (YPEI), in which they aim to educate the...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 28, 2019
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India Universities

Foreign universities: Opening branches in India pros and cons

Foreign universities will be granted full autonomy as part of the changes being drafted in the education system by the...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 28, 2019
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Law and Courts United States

College admissions scam: 4 months jail time

College admissions scandal has been in the American news for some time, dragging the likes of Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin,...

• BY Mihir Sharma
• September 28, 2019
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