As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Princeton general-education proposal would require all students -- even those already proficient in a foreign language -- to study a language other than English. Most of the shrinking number of institutions with requirements let students test out of them.

SUNY Oswego plans to open a new student lounge, run a poster campaign, present a networking event with alumni, and hold a bonfire to help celebrate national Non-Traditional Students Week

It's easy to dismiss the way a school or university looks.

An NYU professor who used an anonymous Twitter account to criticize the university, trigger warnings, safe spaces and the ‘academic left’ is on paid leave days after his identity was revealed. What happened?

Louisiana college students on TOPS will face a bigger price tag this spring when they feel the brunt of severe cuts to the scholarship program.

As ever-increasing tuition rates at many colleges and universities are putting a college education out of reach for some, Texas A&M University-Commerce is developing a program that has helped students earn a degree at a cost comparable to a single year at some schools.

Academics and students around the world face a “crisis” of assaults and persecution that appears to be getting worse, an international network has warned.

UCSF plans to lay off dozens of tech workers and outsource about a fifth of its information technology systems jobs to India — a move the university says will save it about $30 million over five years.

For years, many humanities leaders have urged doctoral students in their fields to consider jobs outside academe ...