The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Friday announced its proposal to rescind the so-called “gainful employment” (GE) regulations — a move that was much anticipated.

University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject

A new state law will allow Illinois high school students to take an unlimited number of dual-credit courses and earn both high school and college credits.

Some lawmakers are making it more difficult for students to vote, but advocacy groups and colleges are pressing ahead with registration campaigns.

Vaping can damage vital immune system cells and may be more harmful than previously thought, a study suggests.

Environmental sustainability is a hot corporate trend right now, with one company after another banning plastic straws, offsetting carbon emissions, and taking other steps toward being better planetary stewards.

Our use of data is subject to what we call the "drunk under the streetlamp" problem: An obviously intoxicated man is on his hands and knees on the sidewalk, under a streetlamp.

Mental health experts in West Virginia, US, are turning to a video-calling "owl" to run opioid treatment sessions.

On Saturday night, the provincial discipline inspection commission and supervisory commission of Central China's Henan province released the results of their investigation into claims by four students that their answer sheets in the national college entrance exam (gaokao) might have been exchanged with those for lower points.

Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch