The term “big data” has permeated society without much clarity for many about what it means.

Sociologists and more than a dozen other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness.

Hugh Jackman's embezzlement drama Bad Education has debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival with apt timing, as the sharply executed film offers parallels to scandals currently playing out in American colleges.

Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus is now sharing its sidewalks with a fleet of robots that can deliver meals at the push of a button

Recent clashes over Hong Kong and Tiananmen Square have strained universities’ diplomatic sinews

In January, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins announced that murals on campus depicting Christopher Columbus’ journey and arrival to the Americas in 1492 would be covered up, calling the explorer’s arrival “nothing short of a catastrophe” for natives.

A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they've learned more than they actually have -- potentially at the expense of active learning.

Student tutors take calls nightly at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a few other colleges and universities

A new survey of employers raises questions about the labour market value of postgraduate study

Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study