Amid a sharp decline in net income, University of Phoenix operator Apollo Group Inc. plans to close 115 of its Phoenix sites, including the learning center in Elk Grove.

Multiple employees of the University of Iowa during a federal trial today countered their employer’s claims that a job candidate suing for alleged liberal biases had stated in a presentation to law school faculty that she would refuse to teach analysis.

In an effort to raise student performance in a difficult course, San Jose State University has turned to a “flipped classroom” format, requiring students to watch lecture videos produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and using class time for discussion.

Students are choosing to commute — by bus, car and train — to different campuses because severe funding cuts have forced colleges to cut classes and consolidate programs.

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Mary has written extended essays on commerce but she is no business student. She has completed assignments on Chinese Tang dynasty poetry and Asian history but she is no lover of humanities.

The recent QS World University Rankings hold no surprises. Not one Indian institution made it into the top 200.

"Mansplaining" is a term generally credited to a 2008 essay by the author Rebecca Solnit in The Los Angeles Times, although she did not use the term.

For years, America’s largest, richest and most prestigious universities have been the envy of investors.

Jo Boaler's career has all the hallmarks of success. She is a full professor at Stanford University.