A report from Telegraph.co.uk: “Education transformed my life,” he says. “I’m absolutely certain that my background has been a factor in my commitment to widening participation.” Under his leadership, Bedfordshire’s fortunes have been transformed. It is now a thriving institution that successfully recruits from some of the poorest postcodes, giving the dream of a university [...]

A report from Indian Express: Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has turned down the plea of a private engineering institute near Banur and has directed it to refund the entire fee to a student after deducting Rs 1,000 as administrative charges. President of the Commission Justice Sham Sunder and Members Neena Sandhu and Jagroop Singh [...]

A report from Fox News: SAN FRANCISCO –  Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a case challenging California’s ban on using affirmative action to determine admission into public colleges argued that race and ethnicity should be considered to improve diversity at the state’s top campuses. The plaintiffs want a federal appeals to overturn California’s 15-year-old ban [...]

A report from Times of India: The US Department of Education’s recent decision to investigate a complaint of alleged racial bias in Harvard’s and Princeton’s undergraduate admissions against an Indian American has prompted a broad discussion of how prevalent the practice may be. “I am certain that there is a correlation between race and (college) [...]