Christine Bach’s Post

There are times when you think that the only possible way to think 'out of box' is to think 'against the box'. Would ensuring that the guilty gets punished - without fail - be 'out of box' thinking? Do we need additional laws to ensure that institutions (including courts) are held responsible any time such dastardly acts are repeated? If yes, then can courts, OR concerned institutions, alone be entrusted with this task? How many suo motu cases has the Supreme C taken on this matter till date? Does this episodic awakening count as an act of 'out of box' thinking? How many lowered caste judges do we have in India, at all levels? Is there something the Supreme C could do about this across the country? Legal tools and structures are necessary but not enough. Good that the Supreme C has admonished the UGC, Rohith died in 2016, and Payal Tadvi in 2019! In a true democracy, no institution, no government, should be allowed such criminal inactions. https://lnkd.in/efeankMg

The Education is the Key..

Amazing thoughts by the Think Tank of I.N.D.I.A Let's try to assess it. As per the post, out of 122 suicides, 68 belongs to SC, ST and OBC which means rest 54 belongs to General Category making it highest among all categories and General has no reservation. Around 19000 students from reserved categories drop out, correct since reservation doesn't work after getting admission. Cutoff for reserved categories is much lower than general sometimes it's half of general and that's how the SC and ST gets admission, but can't cope up since education level is better and if reservation is removed, most of these students will never be able to enter these institutions. One wrong fact, 70% population is not SC, ST and OBC, it's 62% and among poor General Category has 20% poverty rate, highest among any category, so it's General Category which is poor not SC, ST or OBC. Also, please check how many Supreme Court Judges are from Reserved Categories, how many VP, Presidents and heads are from reserved categories in each government department and institutions, then only clear picture will be visible.

Last 2 paras of my op-ed - Discrimination in faculty appointments cuts many ways (unpublished) Since the discussion here has emerged from the NIT-Hamirpur story of favouring those with PhDs from the world’s top-ranking institutions and India’s best institutions, it is pertinent to point out that India’s universities often discriminate against those with PhDs from the best universities in India and abroad. By far the most common argument used to discriminate against such applicants is that they are a poor fit for that particular university. Discrimination in faculty appointments – on the grounds of caste, gender, PhD-awarding institution and others - is one of the biggest failings of India’s higher education sector. Such discrimination commonly sacrifices merit in faculty appointments and is one of the main reasons – other than severely inadequate funding and the politicised governance of universities - why the quality of education has deteriorated at most of India’s public universities.

#milan is going to become a city for rich #students only? According to UDU (#association of #university #students), 29% of the Milan students struggles to pay #rents, #service charges and #utilities. This is above the #European average of 21% of the #students reporting that they are constantly worried about their finances, according to the recent #Student Living Monitor survey presented by The Class Foundation. in Milan, solutions as the relaunch of the #agreed rent #leases (so called 'contratti a canone concordato') or the #refurbishment of dismissed assets can help a lot to make #milan #inclusive again. #university #education #costofliving #pbsa #residentialrealestate #realestatedevelopment #rentalcaps

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We're so pleased to see that the #UniversitiesAccord expert panel has acknowledged the harm caused by sexual assault and sexual harassment in Australia's university communities, identifying it as one of the urgent reform priorities for the #highered sector. We welcome Minister Jason Clare MP's commitment to addressing this issue. These are good first steps, but first steps that are long overdue. In the six years since the release of the Change the Course report, an estimated 85,800 students have been sexually assaulted within an Australian university context. 275 students will be added to that tally next week. And each week after that. The evidence is abundantly clear - universities can't be left to mark their own work when it comes to addressing sexual violence. We need urgent government intervention now, while the work toward longer-term reforms gets underway. https://lnkd.in/gu6TK_Es

One out of every three high school students in the United States is Hispanic. In 1995, Hispanic students accounted for only 13.5% of all high school students in the United States. Only six million students. In 2000 they were 16.4%. In 2010 Hispanics were 23.2%. In 2024 they are 29.2%. More than 14 million students. In 2031, 30.2% of all U.S. students will be #Hispanic.