Gov. Rick Scott envisions an easier way for Florida students to get a diploma — and, critically, a job — without an avalanche of debt.

When we read tweets, what assumptions do we make about the strangers behind the 140 characters?

For much of each week, UC Berkeley senior Caelle McKaveney studies chemical signaling in spiders, nucleotide coding patterns and other serious science.

Amid enrollment declines, speakers at Modern Language Association discuss shifts in the major, such as a de-emphasis of traditional survey and the addition of more writing-related courses.

Chinese students who study English will take fewer tests to prove their proficiency after new unified standards for English-language learning are released at the end of this year.

High-achieving graduates tend to rate their skills and abilities lower than those who leave university with weaker grades, says a study on how learning gain might be measured.

Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is asking the state to pump more money into a $20 million grant program that partners employers with colleges to develop academic programs tailored to the needs of local job markets.

Study of economics faculty members finds that men get credit where women do not.

The UK government has been told to restructure funding for higher education rather than “ply on more debt” for students ...