Author discusses book offering a critical analysis of massive open online courses from a social science perspective.

In May, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) made news by announcing it would offer all employees free tuition at Strayer University.

High-tech batteries may be garnering the headlines. But utilities from Spain to China are increasingly relying on pumped storage hydroelectricity ...

Twenty-year-old zoology student Rani Choudhary left her family home in Bihar for the bright lights and freedom of the Indian capital.

While college degrees take years to complete and cost many thousands of dollars, Google is now backing a scheme to get people a "nanodegree" in just six months.

Yahoo has confirmed that it is preventing some people from accessing their email if they are using ad-blocking software in their browser.

Universities have gone “too far” into the business model of providing full-time residential degrees to be able to “adapt” provision to offer the higher technical and professional education needed to boost productivity.

Birds migrating south from Alaska and Canada would have few suitable habitats to stop for a respite over drought-stricken California if it weren’t for an innovative mix of market-driven investment, non-profit mission and Big Data.

For weeks, high-profile protests at college campuses across the country have forced schools to have uncomfortable conversations about race and diversity.

Several administrators have lost their jobs in the last month amid campus protests over issues of race.