Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat emailed to the school district is being investigated.

New England accreditor says it's trying to update its standards, but many adjunct activists fear changes would undercut efforts to protect those off the tenure track.

Close to 200 university professors in South Korea are to stand trial over charges that they fraudulently put their names to books written by other academics as part of a racket with publishing companies to sell more publications.

When computer programmers in the 1970s chose the name "Isis" for their new information system, they were following a trend at the time to name such programs after Egyptian gods.

Christmas songs are all well and good, but have you ever wished that they had more of a higher education theme?

Science has become much more collaborative and interdisciplinary in recent decades.

India will be home to the largest domestic higher education market by 2025, while China will remain the number one provider of international students globally, according to a study from the British Council.

After one year of probation, Norfolk State University's accrediting agency has lifted the sanction.

Schools in England face a deepening problem in recruiting enough teachers, head teachers say.

University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh wants to change the name of the College Park campus' Byrd Stadium, which honors a longtime campus president who opposed integration