Fewer than one in five professors at Dutch universities are women, a study on the Netherlands’ “ruthlessly thick” glass ceiling has revealed.

Fixing problems in the academic job market by reducing the number of PhDs would homogenise the sector, argues Tom Cutterham

A recent outbreak of a deadly fish parasite on the Yellowstone River may have seemed unremarkable.

Whether colleges file for bankruptcy or wind down in other ways, closing is a complex, costly affair -- and the process doesn’t assure any support for professors or employees who may have worked without pay.

Like many Chinese students, Snowy Chen had no intention of going to college in China.

Veronica Rivera signed up for the introduction to computer science class at Harvey Mudd College mostly because she had no choice: It was mandatory.

More than many other industries, tourism relies on a stable climate, whether attracting customers to lavish lakes, bountiful beaches or majestic mountains.

At least a dozen German research institutions have started the new year without access to Elsevier journals after an acrimonious breakdown in licence negotiations between the country’s research organisations and the publisher.

Historians push for more teamwork even as many feel it won’t help them earn tenure.

Georgia residents who have received a special reprieve from deportation from the Obama administration may begin paying in-state tuition here under a state court ruling released Tuesday.