A "woeful lack of oversight" and a culture that confused academic freedom with a lack of accountability helped more than 3,100 students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill enroll and pass classes they never attended and which were not taught by a single faculty member.

When Gov. Bill Haslam announced the creation of the Tennessee Promise scholarship program, the state anticipated 20,000 students might apply.

A dinosaur mystery that has baffled palaeontologists for 50 years has finally been solved.

The number of faculty job openings in communication has doubled since 2009, and rose 12 percent in 2013, according to new data from the National Communication Association

The film "Dear White People," which received a limited national release on Friday, is billed as “a satire about being a black face in a white place.”

Hiram College is seeking funds and support for a new program that would link incoming students with local businesses, which would provide jobs after graduation.

A summer academic program for public school teachers, graduate students and college professors will shrink its borders in 2016.

Academic publishers on Friday notched a win in the ongoing legal debate about digital access to copyrighted works, as an appeals court rejected a broad ruling on how to determine fair use.

The City of Berkeley and Berkeley City College are joining forces as part of an ongoing effort to insure students have a pathway to college.

The concept of tuition-free community college is picking up steam.