Australian educators are outraged by government plans to increase the cost of student visas at a time when the country is fighting to regain its position in the global education market.

Florida Atlantic University on Friday announced that it was rehiring Deandre Poole -- who was at the center of what was called the "stomping on Jesus" controversy -- as an adjunct instructor in communications for the summer and fall terms.

If higher wages and better benefits don't persuade you to get that college degree, here's another reason: It might free you from the shackles of a daily commute.

Not enough emphasis is placed on teaching as opposed to research in many of Europe’s top universities, concludes the European Union’s (EU) High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education.

As colleges and universities across the country move to start or expand online education, professors at Oregon State University worry their university isn’t doing enough to control quality at its longstanding and fast-growing online program.

News that the University of Delhi is switching to four-year undergraduate degrees might sound drier than a day in the city's recent heatwave, when temperatures hit 113 degrees and stepping outside felt like opening an oven door.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to join an online university network and will run finance courses which will be available free to students around the world.

Two Australian universities announced this week that they would offer assessment and credit of specific otherwise free, open online courses for a fee.

After years of deep budget cuts, several states are poised to boost higher education funding this year, often in exchange for a promise by public colleges and universities to freeze tuition.

In higher education, 2013 may be remembered as the year of the MOOC.