The University of Oregon hopes to improve its scholarly standing by hiring new faculty in academic “clusters,” to lift the university to pre-­eminence in specific narrow fields, mostly in the sciences.

In 1865, on the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, Wilberforce University burned to the ground.

Flat-rate tuition — initiated last year at the University of Oklahoma — will spread to three more state campuses this fall.

Control over dissidents opposing the military coup that took place on 22 May has been increased, as Thailand's junta ordered the Higher Education Commission to monitor student activities that express hostility to the regime

Some financial relief is in sight for thousands of middle-class students at California's public universities, under a new and unusual state program that will provide aid to families that earn up to $150,000 annually.

The Obama administration now can claim partial credit for the demise of one of the largest for-profit college chains.

Minutes into a State Department-backed presentation on online courses, department officials tried to load and play a short video about the merits of MOOCs.

Swedish marine energy technology firm Minesto has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to examine the feasibility of ocean current power.

An estimated 48,000 immigrants may have fraudulently obtained English language certificates

A piece of legislation that put college dreams on hold for hundreds of high school seniors resulted in something positive: new partnerships and more conversation about curricula alignment.