Tensions between congressional Democrats and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rise with a scathing letter to a House committee.

New study says student evaluations of teaching are still deeply flawed measures of teaching effectiveness, even when we assume they are unbiased and reliable.

As Senate debates joining House in condemning Education Department rule on forgiving student loans, key Republicans are on the fence.

Senator Lamar Alexander says a bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act should pass the education committee in about a month, to give it time to get through Congress this year.

Rents in urban areas are skyrocketing, and faculty and staff members at universities increasingly face long commutes and housing insecurity. San José State hopes a creative solution can help.

The Modern Language Association planned separate panels for scholars of color and their white colleagues.

Trump administration proposes cutting Department of Defense program that funds social science research on topics of national security interest.

Private nonprofit college plans to absorb part of a shuttered for-profit chain. Backers say the business college stood out from its peers and provides key competencies for educating working adults online.

Several West Coast universities have moved instruction to remote learning. Faculty are now left to figure out what that means for students.

In a move consumer groups said was long overdue, the Department of Veterans Affairs took aim at Temple, Phoenix and three other universities, saying they've misled prospective students.