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

Men are two and a half times more likely to ask a question in an academic seminar than women, according to a major study that offers further explanation of female under-representation in science.

Universities and companies are joining forces to lobby Congress to keep a tax provision that allows employers to give staff as much as $5,250 in yearly tax-free tuition help.

Oberlin College has been showing signs of strain as leaders of the well-off liberal arts college in Ohio seek to close a multimillion-dollar budget deficit driven by lower-than-expected enrollment this year.

Much-hyped company, early player in adaptive learning, plans to take on the publishers. Some see promise; others have doubts.

Universities located in states that voted for Donald Trump are less likely to have offered support to international students affected by the US president’s ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries, academics have revealed.

China’s universities have made an “impressive” and “fundamental” change in their research strategies by investing much more in long-term basic research, the president of Asia’s top university has said.