More than 300 UK academics have pledged to boycott Israeli academic institutions in protest at what they describe as the country’s “intolerable human rights violations” against Palestinians.

The state Education Department has streamlined how it reviews new academic programs proposed by colleges and universities ...

From robot receptionists to robot porters, everything at Japan's Henn na or "Weird" hotel is handled from check-in to check-out.

US universities must provide more “navigational” support to help students from poor backgrounds succeed in higher education, according to one of the world’s leading authorities on social mobility.

The choice of a single textbook for one section of a course at one university might seem like a decidedly local issue.

Rare and extensive reefs of glass sponges are found only one place on earth ...

In a vote on Tuesday, the Alamo Colleges board of trustees could end a yearlong struggle over whether to list majors on transfer student records ...

There are schools in America intent on breaking away from the norm.

Artist Ai Weiwei has accused Lego of "censorship and discrimination" after the company refused to let him to use its bricks in a new exhibition.

Kabul University begins a brand new course in gender and women's studies. As Krista Mahr reports, it's a controversial topic in a country with a history of massive gender inequality.