Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom.

In an attempt to stay affordable and competitive, two small liberal arts colleges in Newton are considering merging, the schools announced Saturday.

Sharing resources among campuses makes sense for more than economical reasons, as colleges are finding these opportunities can better serve busy students.

Across our history, America has educated our citizens and future leaders far more effectively than other countries.

Colleges bombard bright high school students with pitches. Will an unexpected bit of humor motivate them to look more seriously at an institution?

A global shift towards open-access publishing is opening up new types of inequality within academia, according to research that highlights institutional “stratification” in publishing access outcomes.

Thursday will be a pivotal day for Purdue and its pending – not to mention controversial – deal to buy for-profit Kaplan University.

A new study identifies the gaps between graduates' views of their skills and the views of those who hire them.

Women in countries with high levels of gender equality are less likely to gain degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to a study.

While working in the field of product design, Sarah Zuhlsdorf became increasingly troubled by a pervasive feature of her job: waste.