A pedestrian wearing a Harvard University sweatshirt on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Sophie Park | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration blocked Harvard University on Thursday from enrolling future international students and retaining currently enrolled foreign students. The Department of Homeland Security said it revoked…
Police in Mexico have arrested a retired judge accused of tampering with evidence related to the disappearance of 43 students from Iguala more than a decade ago. Lambertina Galeana Marín was the president of the Superior Tribunal of Justice in the state of Guerrero when the trainee teachers went missing in 2014. The 79-year-old is…
President Trump’s budget proposal would shrink the Education Department, which he has called on Congress to eliminate, by slashing its funding by 15 percent, or $12 billion. The most significant chunk of that reduction, about $4.5 billion, would come from the Title I budget for high-poverty schools, a cut of nearly 25 percent at a…
The Department of Homeland Security restored the legal status of thousands of international students who had their visas revoked, according to reports Friday. College experts largely applauded the move, which was prompted by court challenges and lawsuits filed by affected students and their lawyers, as a win for students and higher education overall, but the…
More than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban to pursue higher education in Oman now face imminent deportation back to Afghanistan, following the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid programmes. Funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), their scholarships were abruptly terminated after a funding freeze ordered by President Donald Trump…
After years of wrangling with authorities, students in Thailand can now let their hair down. Literally. On Wednesday, Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court annulled a 50-year-old directive by the education ministry, which had previously set out rules on hairstyles for school students: short hair for boys and ear-length bobs for girls. In practice, hairstyle rules have…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched a scholarship scheme at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University here for all students of Sanskrit across the state, a statement said. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday launched a scholarship scheme for Sanskrit students across state. (HT file image) He also announced plans to revive residential…
Oct 26, 2024 07:55 AM IST The scholarship covers course fees, a grant for living costs and a travel allowance. Awards are made for the duration of fee liability for the course Somerville College announced the launch of the Dr Gita Piramal Scholarship, in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) and…
