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Harvard cuts A grades after push to tackle grade inflation Harvard faculty awarded significantly fewer A grades in the fall term after the College encouraged instructors to address grade inflation, leading to a sharp reduction in top marks across courses.An internal email sent to Faculty of Arts and Sciences instructors explained that the share of…

Nevada universities raise tuition as budget pressures grow Nevada’s public colleges and universities will raise tuition over the next three years after the state’s Board of Regents approved an increase aimed at preventing faculty layoffs and academic cuts, according to reporting by The Nevada Independent. The decision affects all eight public higher education institutions under…

Abbott orders Texas public universities and agencies to freeze H-1B visa petitions: what international workers need to know about career impact and reporting requirements Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed all public universities and state agencies to stop filing new H-1B visa petitions without written permission from the Texas Workforce Commission through the end of…

Divya Dwived is an IIT Delhi professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. For three days, IIT Delhi hosted an academic conference on caste and race. It was meant to remain what most such events are: A closed-loop argument among scholars. Instead, it became a public test of institutional judgment. A screenshot from…

Last October, nearly 90% of Penn State graduate students voted to form a union representing teaching and research assistants. Weeks later, the university challenged including research assistants in the bargaining unit, citing their academic training. Graduate organisers pushed back, launching a petition and outlining priorities, while broader union momentum at Penn State, including faculty, signals…

OJEE 2026 registration opens for UG and PG courses The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee has started the online registration process for OJEE 2026 today, January 28, 2026. The entrance test makes it easy to be admitted to the different undergraduate, postgraduate and lateral entry professional courses that are provided by the government and other…

The UGC 2026 equity regulations make non-compliance a punishable failure for the institution. The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 have been read almost entirely through the language of alarm—protests, litigation, political reassurance. But for students, the more urgent question sits elsewhere: Not whether the regulations are just, but…

BPSC Auditor recruitment 2026 The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has released the official notification for Auditor Recruitment 2026. The recruitment drive aims to fill 102 Auditor posts in the Panchayati Raj Department of Bihar. Eligible candidates can apply online through the official BPSC website, bpsc.bihar.gov.in, once the application window opens.As per the notification, the…

US launches Education Freedom Tax Credit to expand school choice The US Departments of Education and Treasury have released details of a new Education Freedom Tax Credit during National School Choice Week. The programme has been introduced under President Donald Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Act and is being positioned by the administration as a…

SBI opens online applications for CBO Recruitment 2026 for 2050 vacancies nationwide SBI Bank CBO Recruitment 2026: The State Bank of India has published the SBI Bank CBO Recruitment 2026 notification for the recruitment of Circle Based Officers in their circles. The recruitment exercise is intended to fill a total of 2,050 vacancies. The notification…