Shortly after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013, Peter Higgs, of Higgs boson fame, said he doubted he would have gotten a job, not to mention tenure, in today’s academic system.

To some, everyday life feels like a never-ending battle to keep abreast of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and a host of other social networks.

The University of Missouri's decision to discontinue, and then quickly reinstate, health insurance subsidies for graduate students brought national attention to the lack of clarity in regulators' application of rules for colleges and universities.

Computer science has for the first time become the most popular major for female students at Stanford University, a hopeful sign for those trying to build up the thin ranks of women in the technology field.

A New York State judge has rejected a request by Paul Smith's College to change its name to the Joan Weill-Paul Smith’s College ...

In 2008, Ohio State University sent representatives to bars, restaurants and stores around town to take down posters and signs that included an OSU logo along with beer ads and football schedules.

Barely one in four new courses launched by UK universities recruits a “viable” first cohort of students, a study suggests.

Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong are "marginalised" by the education system,

Richard DeMillo is a scholar of the evolution of higher education and a proponent of change.