Pressure cooker and other tips for US-bound students

NEW DELHI - American youths like space and so, keep a “talking distance” of at least 10 yards while speaking to a peer on campus. Keep a pressure cooker handy. Those are among the crucial lifestyle lessons being offered to US-bound students from India.

Boston University engineering professor found dead in photonics lab, foul play not suspected

Boston University professor is found dead in lab

NCAA adds ‘First 4′ to March Madness, 4 games will have lowest seeds, last 4 at-large choices

March Madness will include 4 first-round games

West Bengal to reserve college, varsity seats for OBCs

KOLKATA - The West Bengal government has decided to reserve seats for students from other backward classes (OBC) in colleges and universities from the next academic session, Higher Education Minister Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury told the state assembly Monday.

Maharashtra quizzed on Class 11 admissions

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday asked the Maharashtra government why it was differently treating two sets of students with varying performances in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) exams while admiting them to Class 11.

NCAA eyeing ban on scholarship offers to students until after their junior year in high school

NCAA may bar scholarship offers to young

If Alabama basketball coach Anthony Grant needs any perspective while recruiting, he need only look to his own family.

Vermont among the agriculture universities selling cow herds to cut costs in tight times

Agriculture colleges sell cow herds to cut costs

‘Terrified’ Cameron hunts for school for his kids

LONDON - There are some things even the prime minister of Britain finds “terrifying”. One of them is finding a good state school for his children.

No swimming, sex education - British county’s Ramadan guidelines

LONDON - A British county council has issued guidelines for its schools for the month of Ramadan. These range from deferring swimming lessons to stopping sex education to respect the sentiments of Muslim students during the month.