The prospect of handling the combined traffic of tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of devices is enough to make any wireless network buckle -- and some already are.

University of Maryland University College is among the first wave of schools to accept these credits

The board that oversees public higher education in Texas has launched a new assessment tool that replaces the multitude of placement exams that have been used — and raises the bar for Texas students planning to attend college.

College presidents, particularly at four-year public institutions, harbor doubts about the effectiveness of members of the governing boards

Byun Mi-kyong sat quietly with her hands in her lap as she listened closely to every word the fortune-teller said about her daughter's chances of getting into the right university.

Despite the talk about how massive open online courses, or MOOCs, will dramatically alter the landscape of higher education, the courses have in some ways taken academe back -- to the days of huge gender gaps, when senior scholars overwhelmingly were men.

Many parents question if proposed guidelines go too far in eliminating homework and tests

Industrial PhD graduates in Denmark have been scoring higher than those with conventional doctorates in terms of employment and income

Many Asian students dream of attending a top U.S. college -- and now they have that option closer to home, as the region's rival financial hubs compete to lure top-tier foreign schools.

Malaysia’s controversial government-backed Education Malaysia Global Services has announced a streamlined visa processing system for foreign students applying to foreign branch campuses and private institutions.