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- The Times of India
To encourage student mobility, the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) would soon chalk out modalities to introduce a credit transfer system between institutions along the lines of the varsities in the US, Canada and Europe.
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India’s higher education enrolment will move up to 44 million from the current 14 million in a decade, the Central government said on Friday, underlining that private players, distance education and foreign education providers will play key roles in ensuring this growth. Human resource development (HRD) minister Kapil Sibal said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit that the Central government looks to add 30 million more students at this level by 2020. “Industry does not create (human) wealth, it translates ideas into wealth. Higher education will create this human wealth.”
DNA
The UK minister for universities and science, David Willets, visited the University of Pune (UoP), National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) and the Venture Centre on Tuesday to take academic and research links between the city and UK to a higher level.
Willets stressed on improving two-way flow of students for post-graduate research. He said it would be in the interest of India to have a range of universities from the world here.
– Business Standard
Himachal Pradesh has struggled to improve rural literacy and has had to focus on primary education, but the hill state is now the fastest growing education hub. In the past two years, 10 private universities have set up their base and the government has issued Letters of Intent (LoI) to 19 others. Srikant Baldi, principal secretary(education) of Himachal Pradesh, said the initiative by private players was the best thing that could have happened.
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Times Higher Education
Political manoeuvring over immigration is set to stunt academic progress worldwide, governments have been warned. In the UK, the coalition administration plans to slash the number of students admitted from outside the European Union, although the reduction will focus heavily on those studying courses below degree level.
The Economic Times
Evidence of India's construction boom can be seen in the new high-rise apartments sprouting up across the country, but the industry is suffering from a serious shortage of engineers and designers. Bright, well-educated graduates are choosing careers in banking, management consultancy and computer technology instead of civil engineering, with many universities closing down their degree courses in the subject.
Business Standard
US-headquartered Harvard University may offer more to Indian education institutions from its bouquet of programmes. The Harvard Business School (HBS) has already been offering programmes in India since 2008. “Because of India's prominence, geo-politically and economically, Harvard University has a huge commitment. We are likely to see more programmes being offered across Harvard University. We are working with Vice Provost for international affairs and India is a big part of our conversation,” professor Rohit Deshpandé, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School told Business Standard.
NDTVThe Anglo International Education Consortium (AIEC), a leading British government college representing a consortium of six UK government-affiliated colleges as its clients launched its Pune operations on Saturday. Consortium managing director, Ashley Rowlands, said India offers immense educational opportunities for students seeking education abroad. The AIEC will ensure that the best advice is provided to Indian students. It will help them identify the right educational choices. AIEC has collaborated with Pune-based New World Consultants, a student advisory firm on overseas education for its city office.
– The Economic Times
India-US cooperation in the field of education is poised for major expansion with India engaged in massive expansion of the education infrastructure, said Indian ambassador Meera Shankar. "India sees education as critical for achieving its goals to have inclusive growth and to realise the potential for taking the Indian economy to a higher growth trajectory," Shankar said at a function Tuesday to commemorate the 60th Year of Nehru-Fulbright Educational Exchange Programme.
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The Times of India
A popular wisecrack goes that Indian students -- particularly engineers -- would, immediately after their graduation ceremony, board the flight out to the United States for higher education. There's always been some truth in that humorous exaggeration; from 2000, particularly, there have been more Indian students on US campuses than from any other country. But in 2010, China upstaged India on campus.
Business Standard
When it comes to choosing overseas education, Ahmedabad youth seem to score the highest. According to the second annual 'The Web 2.0 Generation' survey, conducted by Tata Consultancy Services, youngsters from Ahmedabad prefer studying abroad more than any other city.
Business Standard
About 15-17 million people enter the job market every year, said Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Jubilant Bhartia Group, and President of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and with urbanisation and the rapidly changing job market, it is becoming increasingly important to link education with employability. Bhartia was speaking at the Plenary Session on ‘Capitalising on India’s Human Capital’ at the India Economic Summit.
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The research report, The Spaces Between Numbers: Getting International Data on Higher Education Straight, reveals that U.S. graduation rates remain comparable to those of other developed countries despite news stories about our nation losing its global competitiveness because of slipping college graduation rates. The only major difference—the data most commonly highlighted, but rarely understood—is the categorization of graduation rate data. The United States measures its attainment rates by “institution” while other developed nations measure their graduation rates by “system.”
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