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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.

The article discusses that United Kingdom Home Office briefings appeared to indicate that the United Kingdom government was seriously considering reducing the number of international students in order to help reduce net migration.

The author focuses on the need for universities in India to encourage their academics to publish top journals and score high on citations per paper to move the universities of the country up to the ladder of excellence since not a single institution from India in is the top 200 in the 2011-12 world university rankings released by the "Times Higher Education."

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.

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.

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.

The article reports on the growth of unaccredited and often completely fake colleges in India as demand for higher education increases, driven by a bulging youth population ad rising aspirations in 2012.