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Eight people from Tamil Nadu have been chosen for Padma awards this year.

Animated by both left and right, operations’ right to label themselves ‘university’ or ‘college’ amplify a regulatory danger for US higher education

In recognition of Banned Book Week, the "Banned Books Tour" bookmobile will be in the Keystone State today. Pennsylvania ranks third among states with the most banned books, according to PEN America. Nina Esposito-Visgitis, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers president, are excited that the bookmobile will be visiting the Helen S. ...

Several hundred high school and college students are gathering online for the first annual Student Leadership Summit this weekend, hosted by the nonprofit Children Now. It starts Friday night and features a full schedule of presentations and discussions on Saturday. Ted Lempert, president of Children Now, explained the importance of engaging young people. ...

The so-called conservative "hostile takeover" of a small, progressive liberal arts college in Florida is seeing some resistance from former students and faculty who've developed and launched Alt New College. The goal is preserving the traditional values it built as an online institution for academic freedom. Claiming one-third of faculty have left or been forced out, Alt New College is bringing back some of those instructors to teach online, free from political interference. ...