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Presents an article on a ritual among the people of India in which they give respect to paper. Benefits from their worship of paper; Consensus on culture; Book about medicine written 2000 years ago.

This article reports that many university students in northern India have been angered by police reports that examinations were being graded by unqualified evaluators, some of whom were reportedly as young as 16. Police officials in the city of Agra said that officers acting on a tip had raided a house in August 2006 and found unqualified evaluators grading college exam papers. The officials said that during the raid, officers found 60,000 tests of students from Chaudhary Charan Singh University. The police said the university's registrar, B.L. Arya, had sent 80,000 tests to his son, R.P. Singh, in Agra, and told him to have them evaluated.

The article discusses a paper by the American Council on Education entitled "Venturing Abroad: Delivering U.S. Degrees Through Overseas Branch Campuses and Programs." The paper offers guidance for colleges setting up programs overseas. It focuses on global hotspots like China, Singapore, and India, and discusses the things that colleges should consider before making a move abroad, such as accreditation and the environment in the host country. It can be purchased on the council's Web site and includes a list of institutions with programs abroad.

Presents an update on issues related to higher education as of October 25, 2002. Plagiarism charges against Balwant Singh Rajput, vice chancellor of Kumaun University of India; Decision of the University of Waikato to formally apologize to the Jewish population in New Zealand for its role in the work of a researcher with links to neo-Nazi groups in Germany.

Presents news on two universities in Asia as of May 2002. Effect of the clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India's western state of Gujarat on university life; Estimated number of people who died in the violent clash; Lawsuit filed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem against SST Ltd., the Israeli importer of Packard-Bell computers.

The article reports that many presidents of American colleges are traveling to India to learn about the country's higher education system and try to create partnerships. Like American corporations that began coming to India more than a decade ago to tap the brain power of its millions of inexpensive, well-educated engineers, software writers, and medical technicians, American higher-education institutions are flocking to the country to recruit Indian students, set up academic and research ventures, and raise money.

Focuses on the contrasting issues about Hindus and Muslims in India concerning nationalistic ethnic strife. Overview of the political conflict between India and Pakistan; Process through which people think of Muslims as the enemy; Criticisms against the marriage of Muslim to Hindu women.

In this article the author reflects on his admiration for the author Salman Rushdie. He comments on his experience reading aloud transcripts from Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses," along with fellow writer Hari Kunzru, at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India despite the fact that the book is banned in the country. Religious issues which resulted in the banning of the book are discussed, including a fatwa established by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini for Rushdie's death. The author also comments on the impact of the microblogging website Twitter on the ways in which individuals communicate and chronicles his evolving relationship with the literary works of Rushdie.

Reports on the efforts of India to meet demand for higher education. Number of degree programs offered by Shri Rawatapura Sarkar International University; Development of private universities; Authority of the state legislatures to grant approval to anyone who wishes to establish a university in India.

The article discusses the use of high technology at universities and business training facilities in India. The author presents a profile of software company Infosys' corporate university campus in Mysore, India and provides a description of the classroom experience. The author compares the corporate classroom experience with that of a traditional Indian university, Christ University in Bangalore, India, and points out the differences in the teaching methods of the instructors, the use of technology, and student engagement. Other topics include the film "3 Idiots" and its criticism of the Indian Institutes of Technology and student comments on the environment and learning experiences in corporate and traditional classrooms.

The article discusses the efforts of India's education minister, Kapil Sibal, to improve Indian higher education by partnering with American universities. To do so he is building 14 innovation universities and hopes as well to expand vocational education and community colleges. Sibal spent a week in the U.S. in October 2009, visiting the presidents of Harvard and Boston Universities and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, as well as the presidents of Yale, Georgetown and Duke Universities. He met with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. His vision is that of equal partnerships in which American universities open campuses in India which are designed to meet India's needs. It is seen as an opportunity for innovation by all sides.

Reports on the unsuccessful fight against English-language book piracy in India. Comparison of book prices in the U.S. and India; Challenges in enforcing anti-piracy laws; Reaction of U.S. to the failure of India to enforce international copyright accords.

Provides information on corruption incidents in Indian colleges and universities as of August 2002. Graft and corruption in the public lives of people in India; Range of fees for manipulating entrance test scores; Reservation systems at India's medical schools for nonresident Indians.

Examines the problems in the student loan program of the government of India. Income of Indian families at the poverty line; Tuition for an undergraduate education at state colleges and universities in the country; Interest rates charged by private financiers to student loans; Implications of the program for students.

Discusses how India is using distance education to meet demand for higher education degrees. Opening of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, the first school to offer only distance education courses; Use of radio and television by the Indian universities; Popularity of open universities and growth of Internet connections; How foreign colleges and companies are beginning to market themselves in India.

The article reports on the criticism by foreign academics of their countries' engineering programs. Academic and business leaders in China and India consistently say that despite rapid growth in enrollment and graduates, degree holders lack English-language and other business skills needed to work for multinational corporations. India can't take the lead in high-tech production jobs despite the quantity enrolled in higher education, for only the top-tier institutes educate for quality. Tu Shandong, vice president of the East China University of Science and Technology, in Shanghai, says an increasing number of employers are asking "embarrassing questions" about the quality of education.

Presents news on higher education from around the world as of October 15, 2004. Reason behind the denial of the visa application of Cuban scholars by the U.S. State Department; Imprisonment of Kim Samuel Dong Sung, a Canadian citizen of South Korean descent, for fraud in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Failure of the Indian institutions to show regard for the educational rights of disabled according to a survey conducted by the National Center for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People.

Reports on the decision of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge to abandon a management role in its Media Lab Asia in India because of differences with government officials over how the program should be run. Reason MIT established Media Lab Asia; Remarks from Media Lab executive director Walter R. Bender regarding the decision; Management style the Indian government wants for Media Lab Asia.

Reports on the protest by students and professors in New Delhi, India on the government's efforts to privatize higher education. Details on the Ambani-Birla report prepared for the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry; Status of college and university tuition in India.