Last month the U.S. Education Department sent a message to colleges: Financial aid may be awarded based on students’ mastery of “competencies” rather than their accumulation of credits.

Dubai’s stature as an international education hub was reinforced this month, after data showed overall growth of 24% at its Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) and Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) education “business parks”.

Experts call for language services and preparatory schools to help non-native multicultural students adapt

Professionals in international education have long had to counter stereotypical depictions of the U.S. as a crime-ridden, pistol-packing kind of place ...

Owen Yardley was sitting in a room full of security officials on Monday when he and a colleague received nearly simultaneous alerts on their cellphones notifying them of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Virginia Commonwealth University is considering “market-based tuition pricing” for next year that would charge for each credit hour rather than a set rate for a full-time student.

These are heady times for competency-based education, which raises fundamental questions about the structure and purpose of higher education

There's the University of California, the California State University and California Community Colleges. Soon, there could be a fourth system of higher education -- the New University of California.

Valencia College trustee Guillermo Hansen recently sent an email to college President Sandy Shugart complaining that his daughter did not get a job interview at the school.

The president of University College Cork has asked all faculty members and other academic employees at his institution to each recruit three people from other universities ...