Tsinghua University recently announced that starting from this year its students will not get certificates after graduation unless they know how to swim.

State lawmakers acted illegally in making it a crime for medical marijuana users to possess their drugs on college and university campuses...

Asking an invigilator to prowl the university exam hall has long been a simple and effective way to stop students from cheating.

Leading history journal apologizes for assigning review of book on inequality and urban education issues to a professor viewed by many as a white supremacist.

Female economists write papers that are more readable than those produced by their male counterparts but take significantly longer to get published, a new study has found.

Clawback provisions and residency requirements worry critics, but New York's governor is pushing the big picture.

Despite what UTEP President Diana Natalicio called a "reckless" and "disrespectful" national climate around immigration, she and NMSU President Garrey Carruthers refused to join several universities across the country that have declared themselves "sanctuaries" for immigrant students.

Universities have been urged to do more to tackle a mental health crisis among postgraduates as new figures show that more than half of PhD students experience symptoms of psychological distress and one in three is at risk of having or developing a psychiatric disorder.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos makes first official announcement of key aides, many of them in acting capacities and including some controversial choices.

Maybe you went to a candidate rally on a Colorado university campus this campaign season and spotted a sign with an arrow directing you to a designated “free speech area.”