George Mason University’s Board of Visitors has authorized the university to move forward in establishing a campus in Songdo, South Korea.

Flat World Knowledge blazed a trail several years ago by publishing free versions of its independently produced textbooks, in the process becoming a hero to student advocates and many in the open educational resources movement.

Massive open online courses are the educational happening of the moment. Everyone wants in. No one is quite sure what they’re getting into.

If you can’t beat them, join them.

The first thing most HSC students do after finishing an exam is go straight to Facebook or Twitter to share their thoughts.

Students anywhere are being offered free instruction online. What will that do to the trillion-dollar education business?

The master plan that once set California apart and helped drive its economic engine — a strong K-12 commitment and a high-quality college education accessible to just about all — has unraveled.

“Massive open online courses,” or MOOCs, have caught fire in academia. They offer, at no charge, what was once exclusive to students who earn college admission and pay tuition.

Liu Hainan wasn't sure what the experience of studying in the US would ultimately mean, and he wondered if others like him shared that uncertainty.

Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, has directly intervened in the serious behavioural problems at St John's College ...