Officers and employees of aided private colleges in Madhya Pradesh will be given 101 percent dearness allowance, according to a press release here on Thursday
Eleven private dental colleges of Punjab have admitted 456 students to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course even though they had “not qualified” the 2012 Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET), according to a “most urgent” communication of the Dental Council of India (DCI).
The bills which were passed in the Council in a matter of ten minutes, without any discussion, saw its members stage a walkout in protest against the government’s move. Though members in the Assembly did not staunchly oppose the bills, they did question the credentials of the varsities proposed to be set up.
We welcome the government's plan to set up an accreditation council which will independently review the academic standards of private universities. This will increase transparency of the institutions, allowing people to know university rankings and to ensure healthy competition among private educational institutions and quality education overall.
Harvard University has the largest UHNW alumni population at 2,964. Harvard University is also alma mater to 52 billionaires, the highest count globally. Among the Public Universities, University of Virginia ranks the highest with 499 UHNW alumni.
State government’s proposal to set up engineering colleges in the state with an aim to improve the quality of technical education for students with subsidised fees has come as jolt to private colleges in the state operating with poor infrastructure and inadequate teaching staff.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has broadened her investigation into recruiting and lending practices at for-profit colleges and trade schools, which critics say leave students with mountains of student loan debt, but often do not lead to decent-paying jobs.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has broadened her investigation into recruiting and lending practices at for-profit colleges and trade schools, which critics say leave students with mountains of student loan debt, but often do not lead to decent-paying jobs.
In the run-up to Karnataka’s forthcoming assembly polls, the B S Yeddyurappa-led KJP has sought to put the ruling BJP on the defensive by alleging large-scale corruption in the Jagadish Shettar regime’s decision in favour of granting permission to establish over a dozen of private universities in the State.
The state government is working on a Bill that will be presented in the state assembly for the framing of an Act to facilitate the opening of private universities in the state. It would be tabled in the state assembly during the current session itself, said education minister P K Shahi on Wednesday.
Proposed legislation in the N.C. House may achieve what a pending case in the N.C. Supreme Court also seeks to accomplish — provide public access to police records at the state’s private colleges and universities.
Jean-Lou Chameau, who has served as the California Institute of Technology’s president since 2006, will depart the institution later this year to become the next president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Saudi Arabia, both institutions announced on Tuesday.
Private college administrators were concerned about an element in the bill that would require them to pay fees, including a $2,000 annual fee for every in-state private institution and $500 if a college wishes to modify its academic program.
Leaders at Grinnell College, one of the nation’s wealthiest private liberal arts colleges, are expected to vote today on a reduction of financial aid for students because of budget problems.
The Legislative Council on Tuesday gave its nod for setting up three more private universities in the State, CMR University, New Baldwin University and Presidency University.
Crandall University will not apply for $150,000 that it has received annually as it attempts to move away from an ongoing controversy over what some say are anti-gay policies, according to its president.
Veinticinco escuelas y colegios privados, y seis universidades privadas le adeudan un total de ¢222 millones a la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) por concepto de las cuotas obrero patronales.