Tag: student protests
July 24, 2025
Education
Civil rights, campus politics, and the DEI backlash: Columbia’s settlement in context – Times of India
Columbia University agrees to reforms in $220 million US civil rights settlement Columbia University has entered into a $220 million…
July 23, 2025
Education
Trump administration floated unprecedented plan to seize control over Harvard, internal memo reveals – Times of India
Harvard memo reveals how Trump aimed to reshape US higher education system The Trump administration privately circulated a confidential memo…
April 29, 2025
Education
“Take a stand, Columbia”: Students and faculty urge university to defy federal pressure – The Times of India
Columbia University is trying to recover about $400 million in federal grants and contracts after accepting demands from the Trump…
April 11, 2025
Education
Harvard Kennedy School students push back on Trump’s demands amid visa revocations and threats to $9B in funding – The Times of India
Over 180 Harvard Kennedy School students fight Trump’s $9B ultimatum on diversity and free speech. (AP Photo) More than 180…
April 11, 2025
Education
Shashi Tharoor criticises over-regulation, underfunding in Indian universities; flags threat to academic freedom – The Times of India
AHMEDABAD: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said universities in India are facing challenges of over-regulation and underfunding, besides threats…
March 06, 2025
World News
Pro-Palestine students face crackdown at Columbia University, Donald Trump’s role questioned
Columbia University has launched a crackdown on students critical of Israel, with its newly formed Office of Institutional Equity initiating…