01 Mar Institution Profile Read more Howard University, Washington DC Established in 1867 by the US Congress with the intention of primarily serving the African-American... Continue reading
01 Mar France – Macron effect on alma mater Emmanuel Macron’s rapid rise to France’s presidency was always likely to raise the international profile... Continue reading
01 Mar Japan – Dual academic challenges Japan and Taiwan’s higher education systems face the dual challenges of an ageing academic workforce... Continue reading
01 Mar South Korea – Degrees paper chase In a classroom in Seoul a throng of teenagers sit hunched over their desks. In... Continue reading
01 Mar Delhi: Liberalisation judgement against CBSE After an interregnum of almost a year, private books and stationery shops (aka tuck shops)... Continue reading
01 Mar Maharashtra: Junior college mess In Maharashtra, 75,000 junior college (classes XI-XII) teachers have threatened to boycott assessment of the... Continue reading
01 Mar Pioneer conservationist Song of the Magpie Robin, Zafar Futehally, Shanthi Chandola, Ashish Chandola, Rainlight Rupa; Rs.500, Pages 197 2018 has... Continue reading
01 Mar Karnataka: Leadership crisis Government-owned higher education institutions in Karnataka are reeling under an unprecedented leadership crisis. Of the... Continue reading
01 Mar Kiss-up-kick-down educator Some of India’s top-ranked international schools have become the playgrounds of spoilt brats of the... Continue reading
01 Mar Tamil Nadu: Positive experiment A disturbing spurt in suicides and violent disruptive classroom behaviour among adolescents in Tamil Nadu’s... Continue reading