Duke’s president decided to take down Robert E. Lee statue after less than two months on the job.

When Ruth Simmons became president of Brown University in 2001, one of her first initiatives was to tackle the institution’s slave history, which she said had “simply been erased”.

Cambridge University Press has reversed a decision to censor hundreds of articles at the request of the Chinese government after a backlash from academics and activists.

New paper illustrates the brutal and sexist comments faced by women in economics, and likely other fields as well.

Academics should encourage their students to read tabloid newspapers and teach them that they are part of a “specific social milieu” of highly educated people

University touts new deal to train for IT outsourcing firm’s U.S. hiring push, but faculty balk at lack of control over curriculum.

Malala Yousafzai says she is "so excited" after being accepted to study at the world famous University of Oxford.

Ambition defines the University of South Florida, where enrollment has surged so fast that the number of professors has not kept pace.

At some colleges, a debate is revived. In some states, laws will make change difficult.

UK universities have emerged as world leaders on fossil fuel divestment as the total value of funds being withdrawn by higher education institutions globally tips £80 billion.