A group of regional college accrediting agencies today is announcing a new effort to focus their attention on schools with low graduation rates.

DeVry Education Group Inc. on Tuesday said it would voluntarily edge down the share of money it gets from federal funding, as it looks to limit its exposure amid a government crackdown on for-profit colleges.

New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.

It will be easier for L.A. students to take community college classes for free — while sitting in their high school classrooms.

The nation’s second-largest school system on Tuesday moved away from its brief experiment with an earlier school start, edging back closer to the traditional day-after-Labor Day schedule.

The University of Wisconsin System has launched a new website connecting students with state businesses in a bid to keep more UW graduates in Wisconsin.

MOOC-based master's degree initiative expands to more than a dozen universities. Will learners opt to enroll or settle for a certificate?

As I began my career in higher education in the late 1990s, technology seemed poised to upend the entire academic enterprise.

Thirty-seven Nigerian students sue Alabama State University over scholarship funds.

Hiring someone for a job is always a big decision. But the Karolinska Institute’s 2010 decision to appoint as a visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini, once a world-renowned thoracic surgeon, turned out to be really big.