Amid enrollment declines, speakers at Modern Language Association discuss shifts in the major, such as a de-emphasis of traditional survey and the addition of more writing-related courses.

Chinese students who study English will take fewer tests to prove their proficiency after new unified standards for English-language learning are released at the end of this year.

High-achieving graduates tend to rate their skills and abilities lower than those who leave university with weaker grades, says a study on how learning gain might be measured.

Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is asking the state to pump more money into a $20 million grant program that partners employers with colleges to develop academic programs tailored to the needs of local job markets.

Study of economics faculty members finds that men get credit where women do not.

The UK government has been told to restructure funding for higher education rather than “ply on more debt” for students ...

An amendment has been proposed to the Higher Education and Research Bill that would make it an “offence to provide or advertise cheating services”.

Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison ...

Canadian universities have seen a rise in applications from US students since the election, school administrators say.