Harvard layoffs extend to alumni affairs office as budget squeeze grows – The Times of India

Harvard layoffs extend to alumni affairs office as budget squeeze grows – The Times of India

Harvard University has laid off 55 employees from its Alumni Affairs and Development office, the unit responsible for alumni engagement and fundraising, as the university continues a series of cost cutting steps amid financial pressure.The layoffs were announced to employees on Tuesday by Alumni Affairs and Development Vice President James J. Husson in an internal…

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‘AI will take 80% of these jobs’: UAE billionaire warns India about threat to traditional outsourcing – The Times of India

‘AI will take 80% of these jobs’: UAE billionaire warns India about threat to traditional outsourcing – The Times of India

AI Revolution: Dubai Magnate Warns of Job Market Disruption, India’s Outsourcing Sector Vulnerable At the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026 in Davos, Dubai business magnate Hussain Sajwani sounded a stark warning about the future of global employment: artificial intelligence is not just a productivity tool, it is a job-market revolution and economies dependent on outsourced…

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Who is Carina Hong? A 24-year-old Stanford dropout who attracted Meta’s top AI researchers to her startup – The Times of India

Who is Carina Hong? A 24-year-old Stanford dropout who attracted Meta’s top AI researchers to her startup – The Times of India

Carina Hong’s path into artificial intelligence began far earlier than her decision to leave Stanford University. Before founding Axiom Math in March, Hong studied mathematics and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a grade of 4.9 out of 5.0. She then completed a Master of Science in Neuroscience at the University of…

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‘I have years of experience but still lost my job,’ shares laid-off employee: 5 ways to bounce back after a layoff – The Times of India

‘I have years of experience but still lost my job,’ shares laid-off employee: 5 ways to bounce back after a layoff – The Times of India

Layoffs are often described through numbers, job reports and industry cycles. Yet the reality sits closer to the individual who loses structure, income and career direction in a single turn.A user recently made a post on Reddit, sharing a similar experience. “Laid off in September, in severe depression and can’t get over it,” he wrote….

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Why the Trump administration is bringing back US Education Department workers it once targeted in layoffs – The Times of India

Why the Trump administration is bringing back US Education Department workers it once targeted in layoffs – The Times of India

The Trump administration has begun calling back dozens of US Education Department workers who were previously targeted in layoffs, citing the need to reduce a rising backlog of civil rights complaints from students and families. It is a reversal prompted not by a shift in policy but by the weight of cases that have continued…

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A billion-dollar endowment, yet layoffs loom: Here’s why Yale is preparing to shrink its staff – The Times of India

A billion-dollar endowment, yet layoffs loom: Here’s why Yale is preparing to shrink its staff – The Times of India

Every university austerity cycle begins with small adjustments. Travel freezes. Delayed projects. Slower hiring. What is unfolding at Yale, however, is a more structural shift. Despite an endowment valued at 44.1 billion dollars as of June, the institution is preparing to reduce staff numbers over the next two years. The trigger is a looming increase…

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Deep cuts hit US higher education this month: Here’s a look at 10 universities affected – The Times of India

Deep cuts hit US higher education this month: Here’s a look at 10 universities affected – The Times of India

Colleges in the United states announced more than 850 job cuts last month, reflecting the mounting financial pressures across the sector. Institutions large and small, private and public, are confronting a perfect storm of declining enrolments, rising operating costs, and disruptions to federal research funding. Even universities with multi-billion-dollar endowments, such as Harvard and the…

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More than 900 staff laid off as University of Southern California faces over 0 million deficit – The Times of India

More than 900 staff laid off as University of Southern California faces over $200 million deficit – The Times of India

The University of Southern California (USC) has confirmed that more than 900 employees have been laid off since July, marking one of the largest staff reductions in recent years. The announcement was made in a message to the campus on Monday by USC Interim President Beong-Soo Kim. However, Kim clarified that the final number of…

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The shutdown’s silent victims: How Arizona’s students are paying the price for Washington’s stalemate – The Times of India

The shutdown’s silent victims: How Arizona’s students are paying the price for Washington’s stalemate – The Times of India

In Chinle, Arizona, a community deep within the Navajo Nation, the consequences of the United States government shutdown are no longer abstract. They are visible in cafeterias and shuttered after-school programmes, where students once gathered not only to study but also to eat.Federal money accounts for a modest share of most school budgets across the…

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