Student loan forgiveness quietly resumes during US shutdown: Here’s why relief is still going out
US Department of Education sends student loan forgiveness notices despite shutdown. Despite the ongoing US government shutdown, some federal student loan borrowers have begun receiving notices that their debt will soon be discharged. These unexpected emails from the US Department of Education confirm that loan forgiveness is proceeding, even though much of the government’s operations […]
Princeton to reinstate SAT or ACT in 2027, leaving Columbia as only test-optional Ivy: Here’s why it’s a major shift
Ivy League testing update: Princeton ends test-optional policy, Columbia remains test-free. (AI Image) Princeton University has announced it will require SAT or ACT scores for undergraduate applicants beginning with the fall 2027 admission cycle. This decision ends a seven-year period of test-optional admissions at the university, a policy initially introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to […]
Texas DACA ruling could strip Dreamers of their right to work and access to education: Here’s why it matters nationwide
Texas DACA ruling could remove work and education rights for thousands. (AI Image) Tens of thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients living in Texas may soon lose their legal right to work and access to in-state tuition under a recent court decision that applies only within the state. The US Fifth Circuit […]
Hydropower project on Chenab gets clearance
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol on a boat at Chenab river ahead of Diwali festival near India-Pakistan border on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI An apex committee of the Environment Ministry has accorded a fresh environmental clearance to the Sawalkote hydroelectric project, proposed to come up on Chenab river in Ramban, Jammu […]
5 ways the Department of Education is upending public schools: Here’s why it matters to every family
Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump. (Getty Images) Five ways the Department of Education is upending public schools: here’s why it matters to every familyThe Department of Education under the Trump administration has implemented a series of rapid changes that could reshape public schooling across the US. Over just eight months, political appointments […]
Harvard cuts 25% of union staff at SEAS: Is it gutting the school to save its reputation?
Harvard cuts 25% of union staff at SEAS amid US funding pressures. (AP Photo) Harvard University has laid off roughly 25% of staff represented by the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), according to internal communications obtained by The Harvard Crimson. The move is […]
Sawalkote hydropower project on Chenab gets fresh environmental clearance
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol on a boat at Chenab river ahead of Diwali festival near India-Pakistan border on October 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI An apex committee of the Environment Ministry has accorded a fresh environmental clearance to the Sawalkote hydroelectric project, proposed to come up on Chenab river in Ramban, Jammu […]
Delhi HC rules govt can only intervene to prevent profiteering, commercialisation of education in unaided schools, ETEducation
The single-judge Bench, in an order passed in February last year, allowed the writ petitions filed by the schools and quashed the DoE order to the extent it prescribed fee increases. The Delhi High Court has observed that the Directorate of Education (DoE) does not possess “unbridled” authority to regulate the fees charged by unaided […]
In a first, MIT rejects Trump’s funding deal on higher education reform
MIT rejects Trump administration’s federal compact on higher education reform. (AP Photo) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has become the first university to reject a federal proposal aimed at reforming higher education. The Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” offered preferential treatment on federal funding in exchange for significant changes on […]
Who is Miguel Cardona, the Biden education chief now at Yale School of Management?
Miguel Cardona, Biden’s education secretary, to teach education policy at Yale SOM. (Getty Images) Miguel Cardona, the US Secretary of Education under President Joe Biden, has joined Yale University’s School of Management (SOM) faculty to teach an education policy course for the 2025-26 academic year. The appointment comes at a time when the current US […]