Many common reading assignments this year focus on issues of diversity, free speech and immigration.

Engagement by students and staff bolstered by mandates from governments cited as key ingredients for success in THE University Impact Rankings tables

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian sociologist and media guru, changed my mind. The medium’s-the-message man. As I switched my major from economics to sociology in 1968, his vision of a "Global Village" was a North Star.

Some lawmakers are making it more difficult for students to vote, but advocacy groups and colleges are pressing ahead with registration campaigns.

The Trump administration is planning to rescind a set of Obama-era policies that promote using race to achieve diversity in schools, a source familiar with the plans tells CNN.

The rush to open international branch campuses has undermined universities’ relationships with their local communities, according to a sector leader.

Cynthia Pettway was too sick to be able to attend her graduation in Alabama, so her school came up with another plan.

New app seeks to shake up student ratings of instruction by promoting open-ended feedback in the moment, throughout the semester, so that the feedback becomes more constructive than punitive.

Middle-tier journals risk being “squeezed out” by big publishers trying to “monopolise” the academic periodicals industry, researchers have warned.

UK universities generate £95 billion for the country’s economy and support more than 940,000 jobs across the nation, according to an analysis from Universities UK.