Randa Jarrar's case at Cal State Fresno has attracted national attention, much of it arguably undue. Will she be punished? It's hard to say, given academe's unpredictable track record on discipline for faculty social media snafus.

Scientists are unraveling the reasons why some parts of the world are experiencing sea level increases far beyond the global average

Facebook clarified exactly what you're not allowed to post on the platform, and the list is super-long and specific.

Record levels of microplastics have been found trapped inside sea ice floating in the Arctic.

Economics is a discipline with a communication problem: its practitioners have struggled to gain traction in debates over the rise of populism globally and, in the UK, were the target of Brexit campaigners who claimed that the people in the country had “had enough of experts”.

The board of trustees at tiny Mount Ida College, which plans to close and sell its Newton campus to UMass, repeatedly boosted the compensation of president Barry Brown and other top executives between 2013 and 2016 while the school's debt load increased, according to public filings.

Few institutions have topped more than 100,000 students online, but Western Governors University and Southern New Hampshire University are on the brink.

Innovation is underway to rethink one of the biggest headaches we face on a daily basis: getting to work.

Having a strong network of friends has many advantages, from offering support when we are down, to a group we can share our thoughts with. But could we be missing out if we only mix with people "just like us"?

Participation in Australian tertiary education is set to plunge, robbing the country of skills to fuel a knowledge economy, researchers have warned.