The State Government seems to have finally woke up to the allegations of malpractice during semester examinations in various private engineering colleges and polytechnic institutes. It has now directed the State Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (SCTE & VT) to look into allegations of malpractice and take appropriate measures.
With the number of medical colleges and seats increasing, there aren't enough cadavers for learning clinical techniques. Government colleges still manage to get cadavers, but private colleges are in a fix as they have to request permission and wait for government approval to get a cadaver.
A Toronto-based Web developer “boot camp” that charged a tuition for an intensive nine-week course in computer programming has shut down its operations while under investigation by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU).
A controversy has surfaced between the Punjab University and University of Health Sciences (UHS) on the issue of migration of the son of Ex-IGP Punjab Haji Habibur Rehman from a private medical college to the government-run Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Lahore.
The vice chancellors also recommended that the private higher education institutions, which are being run under trusts on non-profit basis, should be exempted from the taxes. The committee appreciated the higher education allocations to the sector and termed it a very positive change in the education sector.
American Civil Liberties Union said it is suing the state of New Jersey over two grants to private colleges that exist solely to train rabbis and priests.
The Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation Fee) (Special Provisions) Bill, 2013, that provides recognition for the consensual agreement proposed to be entered in to between the State government and the private unaided educational institutions imparting professional educational courses for 2013-14 academic year.
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court to direct the private dental colleges to ensure and conduct admission of students to the postgraduation courses strictly as per the laws and regulations based on the merit-based rank list published by the Director of Medical Education (DME) and consequently direct the state government to monitor and supervise the admission process to ensure proper transparent and merit-based admission.
Stop Loyola College from admitting students for aided and unaided, undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as there is an apprehension that merit and reservation norms may not be followed during admissions, said a PIL filed in the Madras high court.
Singapore’s first US-style liberal arts college in collaboration with Yale University, set up at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has selected its first cohort of 157 students to start in August – after sifting through 11,400 applications from over 130 countries – the college announced last week.
Mitch Daniels is agnostic on the various delivery modes of higher education or the tax status of colleges offering them, as long as students are getting a quality education at an appropriate price.
The Obama administration has resumed efforts to rein in abuses by for-profit colleges that leave students deep in debt and unable to find decent jobs, renewing a 2-year-old battle over regulations that has produced little more than bitterness and litigation.
The Gujarat University (GU) landed itself in a controversy when it signed MoUs with two private institutes for operation of five-year integrated professional courses within the university campus. The move has been branded as favouritism by academicians linked to GU.
A bill critics said would give private colleges carte blanche to build as they please without local oversight was held up by a state Assembly committee on Monday.
Apollo Group Inc., owner of the University of Phoenix and the biggest U.S. for-profit college, said net income in the fiscal third quarter slid 40 percent as new enrollment tumbled.
In about a month's time, MBBS admission counselling dates would be announced but deals worth crores have already been inked between private college authorities and students for management quota seats at a time when the government is mulling introduction of an online application process to bring in transparency.
AIADMK on Friday urged the AINRC-ruled Puducherry government to ensure private medical colleges earmarked 50 per cent of the total seats in MBBS courses for students under government quota.