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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, and several other higher education institutions in the United States have advised their international students and employees to return from winter break before January 20, the day Donald Trump swears in as the 47th President of the United States. The advisory comes in the wake of the talk about mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the US by the in-coming administration. There are estimated to be more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. A recent Open Doors 2024 Report on International Educational Exchange said that there are 1.1 million international students in the US. India accounts for the largest number of them with 330,000. The Higher Ed Immigration Portal estimates that more than 400,000 undocumented students are at present enrolled in US higher education. Those with a valid F-Visa, which is the case with over 330,000 international students from India, are unlikely to be impacted by any visa ban by the ...

International students in the US are worried about their visas and whether they will be able to continue their education

Globalisation, enormous opportunities in the US and a large Indian diaspora community are the main attractions for Indian students coming to America for higher education, especially in STEM, according to educationists. "The growth of the Indian youth and their enthusiasm for education and the opportunities in the United States are very much a pull," Marvin Krislov, President of Pace University, told PTI in an interview. A recent report by the International Educational Exchange revealed that last year, India surpassed China as the top place of origin for international students, with a record 3,31,602 Indian students in the US in 2023-2024. This was a 23 per cent increase from the previous year. "There's a large Indian-American community that is part of the attraction. People enjoy having those close connections to the Indian community. There are also just enormous opportunities and so many Indians have come here and gotten their education. Some of them have stayed at least for a whil

President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologise on Friday for the country's role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors. I would never have guessed in a million years that something like this would happen, said Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. It's a big deal to me. I'm sure it will be a big deal to all of Indian Country. Shortly after becoming the first Native American to lead the Interior, Haaland launched an investigation into the boarding school system, which found that at least 18,000 children, some as young as 4, were taken from their parents and forced to attend schools that sought to assimilate them, in an effort to dispossess their tribal nations of land. It also documented nearly 1,000 deaths and 74 gravesites associated with the more than 500 schools. No president has ever formally apologized for the forced removal of Native American, Alaska Nativ

The UK's Southampton University plans to offer 30 courses and enrol more than 5,000 students in the next eight years at its offshore campus in India, the first ever in the country by a foreign university, according to top officials. Elaborating on the university's agenda in an interview with PTI, Andrew Atherton, Vice President International and Engagement, said the operations of the campus coming up in the Delhi-National Capital Region will begin next year. The fees at the Indian campus are likely to be around 60 per cent of the tuition fees at the Southampton campus but the admission requirements will be the same, he said. The renowned university was granted a Letter of Intent earlier this week by the Indian government to set up its campus in the country. While Australia's Deakin University and the University of Wollongong have already set up campuses in GIFT City in Gujarat, the University of Southampton will be the first foreign university to set up an India campus under the UG

If you're an international student in a STEM field, you can now enjoy up to three years of OPT, compared to just one year for students in other fields

In 2023, India topped the total overseas higher education expenditure at a whopping $60 billion, followed by China at $40 million.

Colleges around the US implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as police arrested more demonstrators at the University of Texas and Columbia University said it was beginning to suspend students who defied an ultimatum to disband the encampment there. Dozens of law enforcement officers, many in riot gear, confronted protesters who returned to the University of Texas at Austin on Monday. They quickly arrested six demonstrators and took others into custody one by one. Officers used pepper spray after a group of protesters blocked the path of a police van carrying demonstrators who were arrested. The crowd backed away but continued to block the exit from campus. Officers then used two flash bang explosives to clear a path so the van could leave. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott reposted on social media video of troopers arriving on the 50,000-student campus. No encampments will be allowed," Abbott said. Last week, hundred

Parents/guardians are the biggest influencers in shaping the decision to pursue education abroad among Indian students

Harvard, the oldest and richest college in the US, has long been a target for its immense wealth

Several Jewish students have filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of becoming a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment. The lawsuit filed Wednesday mirrors others filed since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, including against The Art Institute of Chicago, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania. In the Harvard lawsuit, the plaintiffs include members of the Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. They accuse Harvard of violating Jewish students' civil rights and allege that the university tolerated Jewish students being harassed, assaulted and intimidated behavior that has intensified since the Oct. 7 attack. "Mobs of pro-Hamas students and faculty have marched by the hundreds through Harvard's campus, shouting vile antisemitic slogans and calling for death to Jews and Israel," according to the lawsuit. Those mobs have occupied buildings, classrooms, libraries, student lounges, plazas, and study halls, often for days or weeks at a time,

Despite a slight dip of 0.2 per cent year-over-year, China remains the leader in international student enrollment in the US, with 289,526 students studying in the country during the same period.

Recognising the tourism sector as a pillar of economic and social development, the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has launched an education toolkit for the incorporation of tourism as a subject in high schools across the world. UNWTO Secretary Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvil pitched for the introduction of tourism as a subject in schools and establishing more tourism academies and universities across the globe at the Global Education Forum' during the 25th General Assembly of the UNWTO here. We recognise the vital need of supporting our member states in training and supporting the tourism workers of today and of tomorrow, giving them the skills and knowledge they need to meet the changing employer demands and build a truly resilient and competitive sector," Pololikashvil said. The introduction of tourism into high schools reflects the heightened relevance of our sector as a pillar of economic and social development. The support of Ministries of Tourism will be essential fo

ChatGPT could score at or around the approximately 60 per cent passing threshold for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), with responses that made coherent, internal sense and contained frequent insights, according to a new study. Tiffany Kung and colleagues at AnsibleHealth, California, US, tested ChatGPT's performance on the USMLE, a highly standardized and regulated series of three exams, including Steps 1, 2CK, and 3, required for medical licensure in the US, the study said. Taken by medical students and physicians-in-training, the USMLE assesses knowledge spanning most medical disciplines, ranging from biochemistry, to diagnostic reasoning, to bioethics. After screening to remove image-based questions from the USMLE, the authors tested the software on 350 of the 376 public questions available from the June 2022 USMLE release, the study said. The authors found that after indeterminate responses were removed, ChatGPT had scored between 52.4 per cent and 75 per cent

Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena has approved a foreign tour by Deputy CM Sisodia, his secretary and secretary (education) to attend TESOL Education Convention event in Portland, the US

The suit accuses the varsity 'cartel' of a scheme to set financial aid according to a common formula rather than offering the most generous package

A UK based study shows students from non-elite educational institutions have a lesser chance of getting high-salary jobs. Students with poor grades can also result in poor earnings, says the study.

The drops came despite at least some states and educators loosening standards to help struggling students

China, India post 15% and 13% decline in students to the US in 2020-21

With the US education system operating independently from the federal government, universities are adopting varying strategies when it comes to Covid vaccination