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Faculty and administrators at Princeton University are reviewing a proposal that could require proctoring for all in-person examinations. If approved, the policy would mark a significant change from the university’s long tradition of unproctored exams under the Honor Code.According to The Daily Princetonian, the proposal could take effect as early as fall 2026. Proposal enters…
DOD to end Ivy League graduate sponsorships from 2026–27 at Princeton and other universities. The U.S. Department of Defense will discontinue sponsorship for active-duty military personnel pursuing graduate studies at Princeton University and other Ivy League institutions beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, according to a report by The Daily Princetonian.The development was announced by…
Debates over grade inflation have resurfaced across several Ivy League campuses, but Princeton University has signalled that it will not alter its current grading framework despite a steady increase in top marks.A December 2025 grading report shows that 66.7 percent of grades awarded in the 2024 to 2025 academic year fell in the A range….
The United States Department of Defense will prohibit members of the armed forces from attending Columbia University, Yale University, Brown University and several other institutions beginning next academic year. The move is part of a broader effort by the administration to sever ties with universities that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accused of fostering what…
For decades, an “A” at Harvard carried an unspoken promise. It was meant to signal intellectual distinction, an outcome earned through exceptional work rather than quietly expected as a baseline. Somewhere along the way, that promise frayed. By last year, nearly two-thirds of all undergraduate letter grades at the world’s most famous university were A’s,…
US students and campus communities rally against ICE operations (image: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Several college campuses in the United States have witnessed students coming out into the streets to protest against federal immigration enforcement and to express their support for the communities that suffer the brunt of the ICE operations. In cities…
THE World University Rankings 2026 for Computer Science (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) The University of Oxford has come out at the top as the best institution globally for Computer Science in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 by subject, thus reiterating the dominance of the United Kingdom in the field of advanced…
Indian-origin mathematician Nalini Joshi named New South Wales’ Scientist of the Year For much of modern history, mathematics has worked in silence. It does not stage revolutions with dramatic announcements, nor does it announce its presence with visible machines or laboratory breakthroughs. Its influence is subterranean, embedded in fibre-optic cables, encrypted messages, climate simulations, and…
Every era has its quiet crisis. Ours is unfolding not on factory floors or picket lines, but behind glowing laptop screens, in browser tabs stacked with unanswered job applications. For millions of white-collar professionals, the modern search for work has become an exercise in attrition, emotionally draining, algorithmically opaque, and increasingly detached from any recognisable…
Data breach at Princeton leads to consolidated class-action lawsuit Princeton University is facing three lawsuits after it disclosed a cybersecurity breach that raised concerns about how personal data linked to students, faculty, alumni, and donors was handled and protected. The cases, now merged into one, come at a time when several Ivy League universities are…
