Ivy League News

Education

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 2020
Education

2021 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 2020
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News

Indian 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 2021
Education

Forget 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 2018
Companies

Facebook 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 2017
Mint-lounge

The 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 2016
News

Boy 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 2016
Opinion

Two 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 2015
Education

It’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 2015
Industry

America’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