Ivy League News
Harvard University’s undergraduate enrollment drops sharply this year
The Ivy League school has 5,382 undergrads at Harvard College for the fall semester, compared with 6,716 as of Oct. 15, 2019, spokeswoman Rachael Dane says
1 min read23 Sep 20202021 best colleges in America: Harvard leads the University Rankings
The Ivy League dominates this year’s Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. But the future of US universities has never been murkier
11 min read18 Sep 2020Indian students abroad in dire straits, worry about education loans
Students abroad with massive education loans are unsure of what the future holds, and are waiting for the storm to pass
2 min read27 Aug 2021Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well
Expecting children to attain quality education without key learning skills is like wanting a child to run even before she learns to walk
8 min read18 Dec 2018Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returns to Harvard as commencement speaker
Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard to start Facebook, will return on Thursday to the Ivy League school to address its graduating class
1 min read25 May 2017The idea of a liberal university
Has Ashoka University, backed by some very formidable names in Indian business and academia, lived up to its promise of offering a liberal arts education that goes beyond classroom learning?
11 min read10 Dec 2016Boy wonder: Cornell University welcomes 12-year-old college freshman
Jeremy Shuler, the exuberant 12-year-old is a freshman at Cornell University and the youngest the Ivy League school has on record
3 min read2 Sep 2016Two enthralling tales of unlikely success
Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League and Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli: A Strange Romance are two of the best books of the year
4 min read25 Dec 2015It’s Yale vs Brown in Ivy-League split over optional SAT essay
Harvard, Princeton and Dartmouth are lining up with Yale in telling applicants to submit results from the essay portion of the revamped SAT entrance exam
2 min read24 Aug 2015America’s unwanted Ivy-Leaguers are flocking to India
Engineers and entrepreneurs are quiting America for home to find a technology industry with more green-field opportunities than Silicon Valley
7 min read3 Jun 2015