High-tech measures, such as face recognition and fingerprint verification systems, will be used for the first time in many places for this year's gaokao, or Chinese national college entrance exam, which will start within a fortnight

The State University of New York at Buffalo has made big gains on its graduation rates, thanks in part to a "Finish in 4" pledge that features real commitments by students and the university alike.

Hundreds of low-income high school students across south-central Wisconsin could attend Madison Area Technical College without paying for tuition under a new program that officials hope will help more young people see that college is open to them.

Facing a $26 million shortfall caused by declining enrollment and a decade of budget cuts from state government, Kentucky’s community college system has cut 506 positions, including 170 faculty and staff jobs that were occupied.

Colleges around the country are adding facilities and adopting policies designed to help transgender students.

Ministers pressed ahead with plans for the teaching excellence framework despite having been warned that students were “not very enthusiastic” about the exercise and that the preferred metrics may fail to significantly differentiate between institutions.

Clemson's downtown and campus building booms are annoyances for anyone who tries to park a car on or near campus these days, but city and university officials have long-term solutions they believe will mitigate that.

Supporters of academic publishing worry about what Northern Illinois U may decide about a small press that punches above its weight in scholarship.

Academics are among the refugees – such as these crossing Croatia – fleeing fighting and often persecution in Syria to build new lives elsewhere

Universities must broaden their outreach activities beyond sport if they are to encourage more white working-class boys to enter higher education, a study suggests.