Fixing problems in the academic job market by reducing the number of PhDs would homogenise the sector, argues Tom Cutterham

Fewer than one in five professors at Dutch universities are women, a study on the Netherlands’ “ruthlessly thick” glass ceiling has revealed.

Frank Morton has been breeding lettuce since the 1980s. His company offers 114 varieties, among them Outredgeous, which last year became the first plant that NASA astronauts grew and ate in space.

The UK college owned by FTSE 100 company Pearson is aiming to be a “boutique university” that is limited in size, with plans to help the wider company implement its “strategic direction” in education rather than compete directly with universities.

Members of the Modern Language Association’s Delegate Assembly are set to debate a resolution to endorse the boycott of Israeli universities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan to offer free tuition at state colleges and universities for income eligible New Yorkers.

The organizers of President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade released a list of the groups who have accepted invitations to perform.

Republicans are to drop a plan to gut the independent body that investigates political misconduct, after an outcry.

Drexel University and one of its professors faced an onslaught of criticism for his Christmas Eve tweet saying, “All I want for Christmas is white genocide.”

D.C. appeals court rules that bloggers who compared professor to Jerry Sandusky may be sued for defamation.