A coalition of people who say they were defrauded by Corinthian Colleges, ITT Technical Institutes, Art Institutes and other for-profit colleges are urging the Obama administration to cancel their debt before Donald Trump takes office.

Wealthy U.S. colleges must spend more of their endowment gains on aid for middle-class families or lose their prized tax-exempt status, a Republican U.S. House member and a vice chair of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team proposed Monday.

Yale has announced a new procedure for considering the renaming of university buildings, which could allow for the renaming of Calhoun College.

Wisconsin regents aren’t done changing the way faculty members are evaluated. This time, they are seeking to give administrators independent power over posttenure reviews -- a move faculty groups oppose.

Singapore has the highest achieving students in international education rankings, with its teenagers coming top in tests in maths, reading and science.

Three in four scientists depicted in primary school science textbooks are men, according to a study that hopes to shed further light on female under-representation in science.

Mary Baldwin University’s president and board chairwoman sought Thursday to quell the anger and confusion over the announcement that men will be allowed to live on campus at the historically women’s college.

Holding students back to repeat a course, term or whole year of study – a policy known as “grade retention” – has positive effects on performance although it also increases dropout rates, a study has found.

If there's one thing Angela Warner has learned in her time running a food pantry in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood, it's that you can't put a label on the hungry.

After realizing virtually all students bring their own laptops to campus, Wisconsin liberal arts college opened an unorthodox computer lab.