I was fortunate enough recently to visit Bali. I expected all the usual – sun, sand, sightseeing.

Teenagers who are physically fit do better in exams, new research suggests, and those who are lazy see their performance in the classroom suffer.

Almost 40 years ago, a commission met to establish ethical guidelines governing research with human subjects.

Despite a number of raids by Afghan law enforcement agencies and efforts by tribal elders to secure the release of 35 professors and around 10 students from Afghanistan’s Kandahar University kidnapped by a Taliban-linked group, there has been little progress.

More Chinese universities have entered the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2014, while its rival Japan has lost representatives.

Students are increasingly looking across state lines to find online degree or certificate programs -- especially if an institution can tempt them with improved job prospects...

Online language learning social network Busuu.com, which enables users to talk to native speakers via video chat, topped the list, followed by bettermarks.com, an adaptive maths learning platform; and The Student Room Group, the UK’s largest online student forum.

Calls for free college, long a goal of the left (and, long ago, a reality in some states), went somewhat mainstream Tuesday morning.

It was an exceptionally busy academic year for pro-Palestinian student activism on campus.

Just under a year after Jamie Comstock Williamson became president of Winthrop University, the board suspended her on Friday and announced its intent to fire her.