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'Everything changed': Foreign students in US universities stranded by covid

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 2020
News

Harvard’s admissions process, once secret, is unveiled in affirmative action trial

Among 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 2018
Opinion

Advancing cooperation in higher education

It 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 2017
Education

US universities register drop in Indian student applications: report

The 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 2017
Opinion

Who gains if US universities start losing out because of Trump’s policies

US 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 2017
Politics

US colleges to Donald Trump: Keep out

From 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 2017
Education

Indian students’ enrolment to US universities rises by 25% to a record high

The 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 2016
Education

Texas, New York, California top US destinations for Indian students

Andhra Pradesh tops the Indian states from where the maximum number of Indians went to the American campuses

2 min read2 Dec 2015
Politics

US H1-B visa cap reached within 5 days for 3rd straight year

USCIS 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 2015
Education

Two IITs send most computer science professors to top US universities

IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur were the fifth- and ninth-largest contributors of faculty to computer science programmes in US universities

1 min read8 May 2014
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