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India issues draft rules for foreign university branches

Inside Higher Ed

Once approved by the University Grants Commission, providers will be free to set their own tuition fees, define student selection criteria and appoint faculty. The guidance also specifies that the quality of education provided by Indian outposts must be “at par” with that of an institution’s main campus.

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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

Higher education is now formally regulated by a government body, the OfS, while in 1974, the university sector, as it was then, was self regulated and had an intermediary body, the University Grants Committee (and later the Higher Education Funding Councils), to withstand possible political encroachments on autonomy from the government or elsewhere.

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Small College America – Profile: Washington and Lee University

Edu Alliance Journal

April 7, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Washington and Lee University is the eighth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1749, Washington and Lee University (W&L) is a private liberal arts college located in Lexington, Virginia.