Ivy league

With the right political and administrative will, right design and iterative approach, and active support from both teachers and parents, we can ensure that all children learn. Photo: Sunil Ghosh/HT

Forget India’s Ivy League. Teach your children well

8 min read . 18 Dec 2018

A file photo of Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Bloomberg

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returns to Harvard as commencement speaker

1 min read . 25 May 2017

Jonathan Gil Harris, dean of academic affairs, taking a class. Photographs: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

The idea of a liberal university

11 min read . 10 Dec 2016

Jeremy Shuler. Photo: Mike Groll/AP<br />

Boy wonder: Cornell University welcomes 12-year-old college freshman

3 min read . 02 Sep 2016

Two enthralling tales of unlikely success

4 min read . 25 Dec 2015

The SAT essay has attracted scorn since its introduction a decade ago. Photo: Bloomberg<br />

It’s Yale vs Brown in Ivy-League split over optional SAT essay

2 min read . 24 Aug 2015

Kunal Bahal had Ivy League degrees in business and engineering, a job at Microsoft and a roadmap to the career he’d always wanted in Silicon Valley.<br /> Then his US visa application was rejected. He returned to India, only to establish Snapdeal. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint<br />

America’s unwanted Ivy-Leaguers are flocking to India

7 min read . 03 Jun 2015

Most Ivy League schools have announced costs for the 2015-16 academic year. Columbia University and Harvard University are the holdouts, and are expected to release tuition rates in the coming weeks. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<br /> (Wikimedia Commons)

The priciest Ivy League college will cost you $63,000 a year

2 min read . 13 Mar 2015

Ben Nelson. Photo: Nayan Shah/Mint<br />

Ben Nelson: Breaking away from the Ivy Leagues

4 min read . 07 Dec 2014

The quest in campuses becomes one of getting employed and to fit into a set groove rather than experimenting, learning and growing. Photo: Mint<br />

Campus start-ups should matter more than placements

3 min read . 23 Feb 2014

<br />Learning curve: Levin says India needs to create its own great universities and not just rely on foreign ones. Pradeep Gaur/Mint<br />

Richard C. Levin | Allow private sector to have a big role in higher education

7 min read . 11 Nov 2010

<br />Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint<br />

More dubious navratnas

1 min read . 05 Oct 2010

12 US colleges seek tie-ups with Indian varsities

12 US colleges seek tie-ups with Indian varsities

2 min read . 02 Apr 2010

‘Love Story’ author Erich Segal dead

1 min read . 20 Jan 2010

<br />Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint<br />

Fitting in: lessons for a returning diaspora

4 min read . 07 Oct 2009

Yale raises undergrad fees by 3.3% for 2009-10

Yale raises undergrad fees by 3.3% for 2009-10

1 min read . 04 Mar 2009