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Business Standard
29-04-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
RBI launches 3 surveys for inflation, consumer confidence, policy input
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday launched three key surveys, including inflation expectations, to gather useful inputs for monetary policy decisions. The RBI normally holds six bi-monthly monetary policy reviews in a financial year. The last meeting was held earlier this month, and the next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled for June 4-6. The May round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities. The central bank said the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on the general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, and households' income and spending. This study, too, will be carried out in 19 cities. The Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS) will collect current perceptions and one-year-ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ Union Territories. The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting these surveys. The results of the surveys provide useful inputs for monetary policy, the RBI said.
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
RBI launches 3 key surveys for monetary policy input
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday launched three key surveys, including inflation expectations , to gather useful inputs for monetary policy decisions. The RBI normally holds six bi-monthly monetary policy reviews in a financial year. The last meeting was held earlier this month, and the next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee is scheduled for June 4-6. #Pahalgam Terrorist Attack The groundwork before India mounts a strike at Pakistan India considers closing airspace to Pakistani carriers amid rising tensions Cold Start: India's answer to Pakistan's nuclear threats The May round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities. The central bank said the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on the general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, and households' income and spending. This study, too, will be carried out in 19 cities. The Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS) will collect current perceptions and one-year-ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ Union Territories. The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting these surveys. Live Events The results of the surveys provide useful inputs for monetary policy, the RBI said.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Homeschool team wins state Science Olympiad Tournament
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A homeschool group in Colorado Springs has won the state title in a Science Olympiad tournament for both middle and high school. The Science Olympiad is a nationwide STEM competition, providing standards-based challenges to 6,600 teams at 425 tournaments in all 50 states. This latest competition was on April 5 at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), and Homeschool Science Colorado took home the gold. 'I feel ecstatic about it,' said Lydia Wickerham, who is in Division C of the Science Olympiad. 'None of us were really expecting it this year.' Cindy Puhek, head coach of the homeschool team, said the teams won the tournament against 30 other teams in each division that represented schools from all across the state. This is the third time the high school division has won the title, but the first time for the middle school division since 2021. 'It really is teamwork,' Puhek said. 'You have to do well across all 23 events to win, so you have to have everybody committed.' While most students are already accustomed to deadlines and working with others, Puhek said this is a challenge that homeschool students in general must overcome. 'Having hard and set deadlines, because within homeschool, sometimes we can let things slide, but a tournament is a tournament and that deadline is hard and fast,' Puhek said. 'The soft skills, being able to work as part of a team and work with partners, I think, is critical.' The students said they have created not only friendships to last a lifetime, but built those skills to give them a leg-up in life as well. 'Meeting new people, creating a network of young scientists and preparing me for my future in college,' Wickerham said. Homeschool Science Colorado will represent the state of Colorado at the National Science Olympiad Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 23-24. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UCCS being investigated for 'race-exclusionary practices'
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is among 45 universities being investigated by the Department of Education (DOE) for 'race-exclusionary practices.' A list of universities was released by the DOE on March 14, with UCCS being the only Colorado institution on the list. According to the DOE, the investigations come amid allegations that the named institutions violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with 'The Ph.D. Project,' an organization that purports to provide doctoral students with insights into obtaining a Ph.D. and networking opportunities, but that the DOE alleges limits eligibility based on the race of participants. According to the DOE, the investigations were initiated after the DOE's Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a Dear Colleague Letter to educational institutions receiving federal funding clarifying that, pursuant to federal antidiscrimination law, they must 'cease using race preferences and stereotypes as a factor in their admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, sanctions, discipline, and other programs and activities.' UCCS sent a statement on the Ph.D. Project, which you can read in its entirety below: Our campus was notified late Thursday [March 13] that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating a complaint regarding our College of Business' use of a faculty recruiting platform, hosted by The PhD Project. At this point, we believe we have only used this platform to advertise open faculty positions, one tool of many our college uses to recruit qualified faculty. Like universities across the country, we use various platforms to seek and recruit the best teaching and research talent for our students. We are in the process of gathering additional information about this complaint and will comply with the request from the department in a timely manner. We want to say clearly, however, that UCCS does not discriminate in its recruitment or hiring practices. UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Colorado university among dozens of schools investigated for DEI practices: what to know
The University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus is among the dozens of universities being investigated over allegations of 'racial preferences and stereotypes' in academic programs or scholarships, the Department of Education announced Friday. The latest investigation follows a February letter from the Department's Office for Civil Rights ordering schools to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or risk losing federal funding. 'Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin,' Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement Friday. 'We will not yield on this commitment.' UCCS is among 45 universities being investigated for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs. The crux of the issue, according to the Education Department's announcement, is a partnership between these schools and The PhD Project, a nonprofit aimed at supporting traditionally underrepresented groups in academia. The organization did not immediately respond to a request from USA TODAY for comment. The department also announced investigations into seven schools for alleged impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation. More: What is Donald Trump's approval rating? Here's how president fares in US, Colorado polls The schools run the gamut from Ivy League institutions such as Yale University to state schools like the University of Alabama and small private schools such as Rice University. The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is being investigated for both reasons identified in the release. UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement that the school was notified late Thursday that the department was investigating a complaint regarding the College of Business' use of a faculty recruiting platform, hosted by The PhD Project. Sobanet said university officials believed they have only used the platform to advertise open faculty positions. "Like universities across the country, we use various platforms to seek and recruit the best teaching and research talent for our students.," Sobanet said. "We are in the process of gathering additional information about this complaint and will comply with the request from the department in a timely manner. We want to say clearly, however, that UCCS does not discriminate in its recruitment or hiring practices." The University of Notre Dame was among the 45 schools accused of racial discrimination in its graduate program. Erin Blasko, Notre Dame's associate director of media relations, told The South Bend Tribune, part of the USA TODAY network, in an email, "As always, The University of Notre Dame follows the law and in no way practices or condones discrimination. As a Catholic university, we are fully committed to defending the dignity of every human person and ensuring that every person can flourish." The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Arizona State University were also included on that list. A spokesperson for UW-Madison told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY network, that the school had not yet been formally notified of any complaint related to the PhD Project, as of Friday morning. If a complaint is received, the university will cooperate with any investigation, the spokesperson said. Arizona State University was also among the 60 schools that received a different letter earlier from the Department of Education over allegations of antisemitism on campus. Contributing: Rayleigh Deaton, South Bend Tribune; Kelly Meyerhofer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Helen Rummel, Arizona Republic This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: University of Colorado-Colorado Springs investigated for DEI practices
