The University of Connecticut is opposing legislation designed to make it more entrepreneurial, saying it goes too far in promoting a narrow definition of the institution

The student intake by background in many Russell Group universities is as imbalanced as income inequality in some of the world’s poorest countries, new analysis suggests.

The higher-education landscape has become a fertile field for growing crypto-mining revenue.

Eastern China’s Jiangxi province will abolish the senior high school entrance examination in three years, and enrollment will be based on proficiency tests in designated subjects, according to the provincial education authority.

As tuition and student debt levels continue to rise, so has the political and public pressure on colleges to keep costs for students under control.

Fresh calls have been made to tackle a crisis of overwork and poor mental health in academia in the wake of two worrying new studies.

Male academics with small children garner significantly more citations for their papers, while for female researchers, motherhood is linked to a drop in citations, according to a study.

The organization at the center of one of the largest fraud scandals in the history of for-profit colleges is planning a comeback.

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The Indian government’s decision to grant 60 universities “autonomous” status has been hailed as a “welcome step”, but question marks remain over how it will impact public funding of higher education.