For much of each week, UC Berkeley senior Caelle McKaveney studies chemical signaling in spiders, nucleotide coding patterns and other serious science.

Amid enrollment declines, speakers at Modern Language Association discuss shifts in the major, such as a de-emphasis of traditional survey and the addition of more writing-related courses.

Chinese students who study English will take fewer tests to prove their proficiency after new unified standards for English-language learning are released at the end of this year.

Donald Trump will hold his first press conference in almost six months on Wednesday...

High-achieving graduates tend to rate their skills and abilities lower than those who leave university with weaker grades, says a study on how learning gain might be measured.

Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is asking the state to pump more money into a $20 million grant program that partners employers with colleges to develop academic programs tailored to the needs of local job markets.

Poachers killed more tigers in the forests of India in 2016 than any year in the last 15.

With fewer humans in human resources, speech analysis software is helping employers hire new candidates, judge suitability for promotion and gauge stress levels among workers.

The pace of the global rollout of clean technologies needs to increase tenfold, exceeding the pace of change seen in previous industrial revolutions ....