Dear Readers

We are pleased to present the latest issue of College Post – The Higher Education Journal (April–June 2026).

The editorial in this issue focuses on the current challenges surrounding the NEET examination and its wider implications. The issue also features articles on the recently released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023–24, the status of the implementation of NEP 2020 in Kerala, and a thought-provoking discussion on the interface between knowledge, education, capital, and the State in shaping the development—and, at times, the destruction—of societies.

Our regular column, Researches in Education/Economics, highlights the findings of a Ph.D. study on the development of Tapi District, a tribal region in Gujarat. The Across the Globe section brings together recent international developments on AI and its challenges for higher education leadership, higher education in a multipolar world, and the challenges posed by xenophobic politics to universities.

The Education News Analysis column examines the current issues relating to VB Shiksha Adhithan Bill 2025 and the committee constituted to address the NEET issue. The Technology Watch column explores the emerging field of Agentic AI for Education. The issue concludes with a review of Apostles of Development: Six Economists and the World They Made by David C. Engerman.

We hope you will find this issue both informative and engaging. We also encourage you to subscribe to College Post – The Higher Education Journal if you have not already done so. Your continued support will help us sustain this publication and strengthen informed discussions on higher education.

GD Sharma

Editor