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3 Km Main Chichawatni Road. , Burewala, Punjab. , Pakistan. The Barani Institute of Sciences ( Urdu: بارانی انسٹیٹیوٹ آف سائنسز ), or BIS is a private institute having its campuses in Sahiwal and Burewala in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It is affiliated with Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. [2]
The history of Harvard University begins in 1636, when Harvard College was founded in the young settlement of New Towne in Massachusetts, which had been settled in 1630. New Towne was organized as a town on the founding of the university, and changed its name two years later to Cambridge, Massachusetts , in honor of the city in England.
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious ...
Harvard College was founded in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Two years later, the college became home to North America's first known printing press, carried by the ship John of London. [6] [7] In 1639 the college (heretofore unnamed) [8] was named Harvard College in honor of deceased Charlestown ...
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Applicants with legacy or donor ties to Harvard College, the undergraduate school of Harvard University, are nearly 70% white, and six to seven times more likely to be admitted than regular ...
Harvard's encampment was dismantled voluntarily. The university said it would meet with protesters to discuss disclosure and divestment. In its statement Wednesday, Harvard said it planned to ...
As of January 1, 2012 (House Bill 623), affirmative action is not allowed in college admissions and employment. Oklahoma. During the November 6, 2012 election, a majority of Oklahoma voters voted to pass Oklahoma State Question 759, which ended affirmative action in college admissions and public employment. Texas. 1996 – Hopwood v. University ...