At her college, when she started teaching not that long ago, there were 122 English majors, said a professor in the audience at a panel here at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association.

Rochester Institute of Technology will be elevated to the "doctoral university" category by the educational organization that makes these designations.

Author of new book explains a path forward -- in large part through changes in doctoral education -- for disciplines whose scholars feel under siege.

More than one-quarter of full-time postgraduates studying for a master’s and nearly half of those working towards certificates or diplomas do not believe that their workload is manageable, according to a major survey.

What goes on behind closed doors when professors decide who should get chance to earn a Ph.D.?

“Racial sensitivity” among older white voters could cut public support for higher education spending in places where the university-age population is increasingly ethnically diverse,

Professionals looking to change careers to educate North Dakota's K-12 students can soon make use of another path to obtaining a teaching license.

A US federal appeals court last week ruled that the University of Hawaii was within its rights to deny permission to a candidate for teacher certification ...

Study finds that attractive female students earn higher grades than unattractive female students do.

Indiana’s colleges and universities want to get dropouts back to class.