The Obama administration is planning new executive action on higher education accreditation in the coming weeks ...

A Chinese tourist has died in Hong Kong a day after being beaten up during a so-called "forced shopping" tour.

A record number of Maine high school students are getting college credit by taking college-level courses at their high school or a local college, in large part to cut the rising cost of a college degree.

The Wellcome Trust is to fund more long-term research projects because of fears that the pressure to publish and the need to show research impact will prevent academics from successfully tackling the world’s most pressing challenges.

After spreading across Pennsylvania, fracking for natural gas has run into government bans in the Delaware River watershed.

A new company is seeking to be both a private lender and an alternative accreditor for the fast-growing boot camp sector.

The story that Cleopatra, ancient queen of Egypt, was killed by a snake bite has been rejected as "impossible" by University of Manchester academics.

Owning a car in Manhattan has traditionally ranked pretty far up the list of pricey personal indulgences (that is, aside from opting to live in New York City in the first place).

College of DuPage officials defended themselves Monday in the wake of an accreditation agency's frequently scathing report that raises questions about the actions of the school's administration and its board of trustees

The Chinese Communist Party has banned all 88 million of its members from joining golf clubs, in its latest update of party discipline rules.