Asia

Leading scholar says region must place more importance on liberal arts, not just science and engineering, to build better societies

THE event hears benefits of emulating Bologna Process would be huge, but efforts might need to start small

Study finds that children of similar ability at all levels of school system are far more likely to attend university if they come from wealthy backgrounds

Academics emphasise role of critical thinking in societal development at THE summit

Sciences and humanities to be taught side by side starting this year in two leading institutions

Legislators push for change to be adopted nationally

Expansion of overseas language courses could offset declines back home 

Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation from Ashoka underlines that financial autonomy doesn’t remove fear of government anger, says Saikat Majumdar

Better and more open policies should accompany rapid jump in overseas recruitment, scholars say

Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar

University employees are ‘in the firing line’ and some have gone into hiding

Students are reporting higher levels of engagement, despite Covid-19, while traditional university hierarchy further erodes