Tag: higher education
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Once bastions of dissent, Indian universities now face a suffocating environment of surveillance and censorship
[ad_1] On March 6, at around 5 pm, as the sun was setting, a crowd of students gathered at the Jamia Millia Islamia campus to protest the discrimination of farmers. Slogans were chanted, and more and more students joined in. Students were seen holding placards saying “Fair Price for Farmers”, “MSP ko Lagu Karo”, “Fraternity”,…
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France may shut some public art schools, culture minister says
[ad_1] French Culture Minister Rachida Dati said certain public art schools are “in a crisis situation” and may need to be shut down. “They no longer have the means to offer a quality environment.” ADVERTISEMENT France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati has suggested closing some public art schools that are “in a situation of crisis.” “We…
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Higher edu institutions to get accreditation status, grading system to go
[ad_1] The level-grading system shall enable Indian institutions to significantly improve their quality and position themselves among the global best, the official said | Photo: Pexels Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country will no longer be given grades under the accreditation system, rather they will be categorised either as “accredited” or “not accredited”,…
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Opinion | ChatGPT and the New College Education
[ad_1] Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss chatbots and academic dishonesty. Next week we’ll ask, “Recent news stories have reported that Social Security is facing a $22 trillion cash shortfall through 2097, with the system’s trust funds currently projected to cover only 80% of required payouts as soon as 2034. Nearly all the…
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Assam governor chairs meet on higher education | Guwahati News – Times of India
[ad_1] GUWAHATI: Assam governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday presided over the second consultative committee meeting on higher education at the Raj Bhavan, marking a significant milestone in shaping the educational landscape of the state as well as to attain the goal of Viksit Bharat @2047.The meeting delved into crucial topics, including the establishment of…
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India needs to increase R&D spending to 3% of GDP: Kris Gopalakrishnan
[ad_1] Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys India must triple spending on research and development (R&D) to 3 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) from 0.7 per cent now, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys, on Friday. The private sector needs to contribute 1.5 per cent to the total R&D spending, he…
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Israel ‘has become a country blinded by rage waging a war on children’
[ad_1] Mr Harris went on: “There’s absolutely no doubt that what Hamas did was despicable, we’ve all condemned it, it deserves absolute condemnation, it was an act of terror on the people of Israel … of course Israel had a right to defend itself but that original right to defend itself has now become in…
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DEI’s House of Cards Is Falling Down | National Review
[ad_1] Bias-response teams, typically housed in campus DEI divisions, are increasingly being recognized as a threat to free speech. [ad_2] Source link