Facing a fierce backlash after she called historically black colleges and universities “real pioneers” of school choice, Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, spent Tuesday afternoon backtracking on the controversial statement and highlighting the institutions’ roots in racism and segregation.

When it comes to renewable energy, there’s a new kid on the block and he’s making lots of new friends quickly.

The proliferation of online tools allowing students to paraphrase academic work for their own assignments is facilitating plagiarism, according to the author of new research in the area.

The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to trim domestic spending...

Black students graduate, on average, at a rate 22 percentage points lower than white students. Closing that gap will require individual institutions to improve completion rates and highly selective colleges to enroll more black students, a new report says.

Berta Cáceres fought to protect native lands in Honduras — and paid for it with her life.

With just a few clicks, people from across the world can have access to free online classes taught by a Purdue University professor.

The way a city uses and reuses space has a powerful impact on its identity and economy.

The hot topic at Mobile World Congress this year is not a new phone - apart from the Nokia 3110, they all look the same.

There are "just weeks" to secure the future of a world-leading research facility on UK soil in the wake of the government's decision to leave the European Atomic Energy Community as part of Brexit.