Lane Merrifield vividly recalls the stress his young son felt when he got his first "C" on a report card.

A new multi-university doctoral training scheme is set to create one of the UK’s largest cohorts of PhD students.

A 4.0 GPA isn’t enough to get into any college you want anymore.

Faculty members at the State College of Florida don’t have tenure ...

Along with competitive pay, employers offer a range of benefits in hopes of attracting the best and brightest workers.

When I got my first academic job in 1996, it was easy enough to be invisible.

Researchers from West Virginia University said they had no idea their study of vehicle emissions from Volkswagen diesel cars would jolt the German auto manufacturer into an apology and send its stock price plummeting.

The increasingly skewed sex ratio in China not only worries the parents of marriageable young people, but also their schools.

Unlike at colleges and universities, where students finish their studies and leave with a diploma, most learners who complete one of Coursera’s massive open online courses report benefits that help them in less measurable ways.

The US’ public higher education system has engaged in an “un-excellence initiative” that will lead to a drop in the quality of its universities ...