ASU's InStride is latest entrant to the $20 billion tuition benefits market, a potential growth area as employers mull alternatives to the traditional college degree and whether to pay for customized online credentials for their workers.

A proposal by the UK security agency GCHQ to eavesdrop on encrypted messages has been strongly criticised by big tech firms and rights groups.

A New York teacher singled out African-American students and cast them as slaves in a mock "auction" as part of a social studies lesson in March.

Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois

Under gray skies, smiling 8- and 9-year-olds in shiny raincoats skip across the Portland State University campus. Infants and toddlers are napping in the student center.

Despite a ban on Department of Defense funding going to colleges that host Confucius Institutes, dozens of colleges across the country still have the Chinese-government funded centers.

With a single textbook typically costing hundreds of dollars, students and their families have long struggled to finance this aspect of college education.

Extinction Rebellion activists are threatening to shut down Heathrow Airport with drones.

Researchers want less restrictive policies on accepting money from the Chinese telecom giant -- but that appears unlikely, given recent federal policy moves and legal action against the company. Professors also question why they aren't involved in making decisions on bans.

Consultation responses had called for start of mandate to be pushed back from January 2020