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The West Bengal government has announced the recruitment of 35,726 assistant teachers in state-run secondary and higher secondary schools, in line with the Supreme Court's order to start the recruitment process by May 31. The move comes after the Supreme Court scrapped the appointment of 25,752
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The US President's trade policy has swung wildly in recent times, but recent reactions to his tariffs have been more muted. Economist Justin Wolfers notes that tariffs are now a sideshow to a greater concern for the international community. The Constitution grants tariff powers to Congress, not the
Teachers
Instructors in higher education are increasingly being asked to incorporate new content, such as ethical reasoning and data literacy, into their courses without adequate support, guidance, or alignment with evidence-based practices. A new research paradigm, Integration not Concatenation (InC), aims to address this challenge by equipping instructors to revise their
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Francesca Gino, a Harvard Business School professor, has been fired after multiple allegations of falsifying data in her research on ethics and behavior. The university put her on administrative leave in 2023 and an internal investigation found evidence of research misconduct. Gino, who maintained her innocence, had her tenure revoked,
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As Pakistan endeavors to enhance its education system, fostering quality teacher education becomes a crucial step in producing graduates with both academic excellence and high moral values. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) emphasizes the importance of a strong, cohesive, and sustainable training system for preparing quality teachers. National standards for
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The Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) has been losing its sheen over the years, with many former professors and office-bearers expressing concerns over its lack of vocal representation for teachers' rights. With 405 members, including assistant professors, associate professors, and professors, LUTA's former president and general
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In a surprising turn of events, the Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order on May 22, 2025, leaving in place a lower court ruling that prevented St. Isidore of Seville from opening as the nation's first religious charter school. The case, which dealt with the interpretation of
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Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof Dr SMA Faiz emphasized the need to bridge the distance between teachers and students in Bangladesh's universities, attributing the current challenges to this gap. He called upon university teachers to be more humane towards students, emphasizing the importance of meeting
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Protesters gathered in Belgrade to demand that the populist government of Serbia retract plans to change education laws that would abolish the autonomy of state-run universities. The students and professors, who have led months-long anti-corruption protests, condemned the government's actions as a "destroy" of higher education
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Academic heavyweights, Dan Healey, 68, and Mark Cornwall, 67, embarked on an extraordinary journey to simplify their lives by parting with 9,000 books. The double professors, who have collectively taught at the University of Southampton and the University of Oxford, realized they had accumulated an excessive collection in their
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Banu Mushtaq's stunning collection of short stories, translated by Deepa Bhasthi, has won the prestigious 2025 International Booker Prize. The award marks a significant milestone for translated literature, and for the first time, it is a book translated from Kannada, a language spoken by between 50 and 80
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The release of Ashoka University assistant professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad on interim bail by the Supreme Court of India has sparked heated debate about the state of free speech and expression in the country. At the center of the controversy is a couple of social media posts made by the
