Study finds humanities and social science Ph.D.s working outside academe are happier than their tenure-track peers, even if "alt-ac" careers weren't their first choice.

New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential.

Anthony Rodriguez recalled sitting in a remedial math class at Grossmont College in El Cajon bored out of his mind.

A leading scholar has called for the creation of a Committee for the Protection of Shakespeare’s Text.

Students who relocated to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands because of Hurricane Maria will be immediately eligible to pay lower in-state public higher education tuition rates under a proposal unanimously approved ...

Professors typically refrain from talking about their now-notable former students publicly, but some feel moved to do so in the public interest, good or bad.

Even by the standards of the daily cascade of chaos that has come to characterise the American news cycle, the nation’s universities have suffered a semestris horribilis.

The steady rise of Asian institutions in the world rankings is an all-too-familiar trend: whether it is institutions in China, South Korea, Singapore or Hong Kong, the movement is clear to see.

On the morning of Sept. 26, more than two dozen Adidas employees gathered inside a gym at the University of Louisville.

Barnard College has decided on a set of criteria it will use as it attempts to divest its endowment from companies that dispute climate science and climate change