Going beyond placement exams allows more community college students to take and pass gateway math and English courses, but some worry about students who need remediation.

The UK government is considering "all options", including a regulator, as part of new legislation governing the internet.

Facebook's ad targeting system is being used by some employers to unlawfully discriminate based on gender, a new complaint says, the latest in a string of allegations of discrimination being allowed in Facebook ads.

Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase

Growing numbers of businesses around the world are pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with recommendations from climate scientists.

Several Ivy League universities offer online degrees at the graduate level -- but few have ventured into online undergraduate degrees. The University of Pennsylvania could lead the way.

Purdue University has decided it will be blocking popular streaming websites in the school’s largest lecture halls. Reason being? They want students to have more reliable connections to academic sites instead.

US President Donald Trump has said he does not "have an attorney general" in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions.

When it comes to ocean plastic pollution, the challenge is clear: We need to quickly scale up business solutions to support waste and recycling.

Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes