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Special Report

INDIA-USA

GLOBAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

2025

This unprecedented three-day summit hosted by the top-ranked
Hillsdale College, Michigan (estb. 1844), attracted the participation of
40 delegates including American higher ed academics and a 21-strong
delegation of leaders of India’s premier primary-secondary schools

Summiya Yasmeen

S TAGED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF rational green campus environment of Hillsdale College,

ranked among America’s Top 50 liberal arts colleges by US
the Trump administration announc-
ing measures to tighten visa regula-
News & World Report and in the Platinum category of the
EW-Launchpad Rankings of America’s Best Universities.
tions for international students, the
inaugural India-USA Global Educa-
“India and the US have deep ties in education — the larg-
tion Leadership Summit 2025 held
— and strong people-to-people connections with the Indian
in Michigan between May 22-24 re-
affirmed the strong, enduring edu- est cohort of international students in America is from India
diaspora significantly represented in government and aca-
cation ties between the world’s two demia. The objective of this first India-USA Global Educa-
most populous democracies. tion Leadership Summit is to deepen education exchange
Ideated and enabled by Access USA (estb.2022), a Mich- and cooperation between the world’s largest democracies
igan-based education consultancy that facilitates admission in education innovation and excellence and in particular,
of international students into US universities and Educa- provide a forum for education leaders from India and the
tionWorld (estb.1999), this unprecedented summit hosted US to discuss ways and means to prepare Indian school-
by the top-ranked Hillsdale College, Michigan (estb.1844), leavers for admission into America’s best universities, as
attracted the participation of over 40 delegates, including also to prepare them for career success after admission.
American higher ed academics and a 21-strong delegation We hope this annual event — the next summit is scheduled
of leaders from India’s premier primary-secondary schools. for June 2026 — is the start of an Indo-US dialogue to reset
Over three days, faculty drawn from America’s best the global educational agenda for student success in univer-
undergrad colleges/universities, school promoters and sity, workplaces and the digital economy,” says Raymond
principals from India discussed and debated best educa- Ravaglia, a Stanford University alum, founder of Stan-
tion administrative and classroom practices in the inspi- ford’s Pre-Collegiate Program and the globally acclaimed

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