Felicity Huffman jailed over university bribe scandal Law and Courts United States

Felicity Huffman jailed over university bribe scandal

Lately, United States actress Felicity Huffman has been in the spotlights, not for her talent, but rather for her participation in one of the largest university bribe scandals in America’s history.  In March this year, a nation-wide college admissions scam was revealed by authorities. It turned out that many famous people and celebrities, part of […]

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Non-Gaussian noise detected in quantum computers

The characterization and detection of noise procedures known as non-Gaussian in quantum computers were undertaken by researchers from MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Dartmouth College.  This procedure is instrumental in ensuring that efficiency is optimized in quantum computing networks. The characterization of the noise was made in superconducting quantum bits.  Acceleration of quantum computers The […]

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University rankings should be ignored; validity questioned

University rankings have made some learning institutions remain at the top based on the actuality that they comprise of many wealthy students. As a result, their rankings are sometimes prompted by the wealth accrued as compared to merit. University rankings have made parents do almost anything to ensure that their children are admitted to the […]

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Bahria University enforces gender segregation

Bahria University in Pakistan has come up with stringent measures, whereby female and male students will not be allowed to form groups or sit together. This information was communicated in the form of a notice.  Pakistani media has revealed that Bahria University’s registrar asked the teaching fraternity to ensure that females and males seated separately […]

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Role of higher education in India's NISHTHA program

Higher Education takes a crucial role in the Ministry of Human Resource and Development of India’s “National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA)” program. This aims to provide over 4.2 million teachers in India the in-depth training. There is an upcoming revamp on India’s education policy, steps to heighten the level of […]

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Indian education policy draft impresses UK

Steve Smith, Chair, Universities UK International (UUKi), has expressed joy with the New Education Policy (NEP) draft proposed by India. The Indian education policy draft has excited the UK academic fraternity as it is a policy that will have positive changes. UUKi is a body that oversees and represents the higher education institutions in the […]