Eighty leading colleges and universities on Monday announced a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges have -- largely through the Common Application -- made their applications increasingly similar.

he University of Arizona eliminated 320 positions to meet $28.4 million in state funding cuts this fiscal year...

Universities expend considerable efforts to be seen as “public thought leaders” that drive the big debates.

Ever since I was obliged to take a marketing module as part of my BSc in applied physics, I’ve been amused and bemused by the stark contrast that exists between teaching theoretical concepts in my discipline and the approach adopted in marketing theory (as it’s called).

Like most colleges, the University of New Mexico is trying to help more of its at-risk students get to graduation.

Last year, Hampton College in Virginia dropped standardized tests like the SAT and ACT from their admissions process.

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 ...