One in three students globally is enrolled in private higher education institutions, according to research that reveals the huge growth and wide reach of private providers.

A businessman has taken Google to the High Court in London in what is being seen as a landmark case over "the right to be forgotten".

California’s high school graduation rates have increased significantly in recent years, but the percentage of those students who complete their college education continues to lag, with long-term implications for the state’s future.

International students who are arrested could be removed from the country following the federal government’s new emphasis on screening immigrants.

After three years of unrelenting drought, the South African city of Cape Town is at risk of running out of water.

New study shows how wealthy parents and their involvement with their children drastically changes the college experience.

Questions have been raised about the value of international organisations providing aid for developing countries’ higher education systems, after the veterans of one project warned that much of its $4.6 million (£3.3 million) budget had been squande

Even in the driest places on Earth there is life eking out an existence, it seems.

Following a school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people, including that of a Chinese-American student who held a door to let his classmates escape, we learned that the FBI received a tip about the shooter last month but failed to act.

Taking part in brief mindfulness exercises can help university students stay focused during lectures, researchers have claimed.