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Harvard University faces new threat of state tax on $51 billion endowment

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

Jewish students file lawsuit against Harvard for violation of civil rights

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 visa hurdles, Indian student enrollment in US hits all-time high

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.

UNWTO launches education toolkit for incorporating tourism as a subject

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 scores approximately 60% marks in US Medical Licensing Exam: Study

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 L-G approves Sisodia's visit to attend TESOL event in Portland

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

Yale, Columbia, MIT lose bid to end suit alleging collusion in admissions

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

Grades will matter: UK study finds men with good grades better off

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.

Graduation rates dip across US as coronavirus pandemic stalls progress

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

Open Doors Report: US sees biggest dip in global students at 15% in 2020-21

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

Admitted to foreign universities, students face Covid-19 vaccine question

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

Visa barriers to go for US to grow trade in edu services with India: USISPF

The bilateral trade in education services between India and the US could record exponential growth if Washington removes barriers like visa and entry restrictions

US Senate confirms Joe Biden's pick for education secretary

The US Senate voted to confirm Biden's pick Miguel Cardona to lead education

Covid-19: Dr. Anthony Fauci criticising concept of 'herd immunity'

Dr. Anthony Fauci is criticising a declaration by a group of scientists that supports the concept of herd immunity, which the White House is using to bolster a push to reopen schools and businesses. Fauci says backing herd immunity the idea that a disease will stop spreading once nearly everybody has contracted it is total nonsense. The top U.S. infectious disease expert says: If you talk to anybody who has any experience in epidemiology and infectious diseases, they will tell you that that is risky and you'll wind up with many more infections of vulnerable people, which will lead to hospitalisations and death, he told ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday. So I think that we've just got to look that square in the eye and say it's nonsense. The U.S. leads the world with 7.9 million coronavirus cases and nearly 217,000 confirmed deaths. Globally, there have been 38 million reported cases and 1.09 million confirmed deaths.

Indians, Chinese constituted 48% of foreign students in US in 2019: Report

A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP)

US: School reopening plans in chaos, Trump's gamble meets voter defiance

As the chaos spirals out of control, the White House has blocked top officials of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from testifying next week

The Great American Dream is likely to take further beating: Viral Doshi

Doshi, India's go-to person for students aspiring to study in America's Ivy League schools, speaks to Anjuli Bhargava on his advice to students

Stanford Rebuild is our answer to Covid-19 pandemic, says Stefanos Zenios

Zenios tells Anjuli Bhargava that rapid innovation is, and will continue to be, necessary due to the upheaval of the pandemic

Coronavirus impacts overseas undergrad plans, PG courses remain unaffected

Among undergraduate programs, overseas applicants are also mulling change of destinations from Asian, European and American colleges to relatively lesser impacted regions

Inequality in the US-II

Analysis of education data confirms it has worsened