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Harvard, Princeton rush to sell debt to yield-hungry international buyers

Demand for debt of American colleges has increased recently from investors in places like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, market participants say

US researchers develop method for rapid, inexpensive SARS-CoV-2 detection

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have developed a method for rapid and inexpensive SARS-CoV-2 detection without specialized materials or equipment

'Harvard Hyderabad': The future of US higher education could be in India

Universities that open significant branches in India could become among the very best in the world, argues Tyler Cowen.

US rescinds plan to strip visas from foreign students in online classes

Forced by Harvard, MIT lawsuits, Trump administration drops plans to deport foreign students whose courses have fully moved online

Trump administration reverses course on order barring some foreign students

US District Judge said the US government and Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology had come to a settlement that would make the rule moot

After Harvard & MIT, Johns Hopkins sues US govt for new students' visa rule

The US has the largest international student population in the world, with more than a million of the nation's higher education students

US universities likely to lose $20,000 per student on new visa rule

Uncertainty keeping Indian students from paying admission, first-year fees

Harvard, MIT sue Donald Trump govt over foreign student visa rule

May cut off funding if US schools do not open, says Trump

Future Harvard studies will be held on Modi's failed policies: Rahul Gandhi

His attack came a day after India surpassed Russia to become the third worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic

Indian-led team makes cheap, electricity-free centrifuge for Covid-19 tests

They said the cheap centrifuge can be assembled using readily available components for a cost less than five USD per unit

Ban on H-1B visas short-sighted, threatens scholarly engagement: Harvard

The temporary suspension, the White House, argues will make more than half million jobs available to Americans

Scientists question validity of major hydroxychloroquine study

A spokeswoman for Mandeep R Mehra, the Harvard professor who was the paper's lead author, said on Friday that the study's authors had asked for an independent academic review and audit of their work.

Harvard professor Timothy Springer reaps 17,000% return on Moderna bet

Moderna is among firms seeking to develop corona vaccine

Covid-19: Harvard, MIT announce pay cut at top; salary freeze for others

Harvard has also put hiring on hold, and cancelled/deferred discretionary spend

Coronavirus impact: Top American universities move to online classes

The US government has refrained from imposing an official ban so the often privately run institutions are each grappling with how best to deal with the fast-moving outbreak

Yale to MIT: Top global varsities protest against crackdown in Jamia, AMU

Students and teachers at Columbia University also issued a solidarity statement and have planned a protest march.

Jamia violence: Protests in Harvard, Oxford against police crackdown

The protests on the campuses abroad were largely led by Indian students studying there

Lawmaker urges Trump to end discrimination against Asian-American pupils

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher wrote a letter in this regard to the Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in the wake of the ongoing court case against the prestigious Harvard University

Harvard's view of Asians: They lack 'likability', 'courage', and 'kindness'

A lawsuit may eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to clarify its view of racial preferences

Student group accuses Harvard of discrimination against Asian-Americans

The 388-year-old institution is being sued by Students for Fair Admissions, an action group, for discriminating against Asian applicants by rating them lower than others on "personality traits"