Complications and new policies brought on by the pandemic have stopped thousands of international students from attending universities in the US this fall
4 min read16 Nov 2020Among Harvard admissions jargon, tips are bumps given to applicants, the dean's interest list is a compendium of applicants with clout, and the Z-list is a sort of back door into the college for students who are borderline academically
7 min read1 Nov 2018It makes sense for India and the US to strengthen ties in four critical areas of higher education: financing, teaching quality, research and governance
4 min read22 Jun 2017The Open Doors 2016 report says US universities registered a 26% decline in undergraduate applications from Indian students and a 15% decline in graduate applications
3 min read27 Mar 2017US President Donald Trump seems to have given a new assist to his nation's academic rivals, with an immigration order that brought disruption and uproar at US universities
4 min read22 Feb 2017From Harvard to Berkeley, university leaders reject the Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Their message: We need brainpower across borders, and America does too
8 min read31 Jan 2017The number of Indian students in the US rises to 165,918 in 2015-16, contributing more than $5.5 billion to the US economy.
2 min read15 Nov 2016Andhra Pradesh tops the Indian states from where the maximum number of Indians went to the American campuses
2 min read2 Dec 2015USCIS will now use the lottery system to randomly select the petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 visas for the general category
1 min read8 Apr 2015IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur were the fifth- and ninth-largest contributors of faculty to computer science programmes in US universities
1 min read8 May 2014The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared