Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’ Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and font-size errors.

Despite questions about privacy, colleges using biometric authentication such as iris scans say they are mostly concerned with getting students into campus facilities as quickly as possible.

The major problem faced by higher education in the developed world – particularly the West – in the past decade has been adapting to the erosion of public funding as governments, both regional and national, face a cash crisis.

Facing financial pressures, like some other small liberal arts colleges across the country, Holy Cross College has been ordered by an accrediting agency to develop a four-year plan to get out from under increasing yearly borrowing and the need to eliminate positions during the summer to balance its budget.

This could be the beginning of the end for all those mind-numbing online account registrations.

Former-president Bill Clinton is writing a novel about the White House, publishers announced on Monday.

Experts estimate up to 7,000 bodies are buried on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus.

Theresa May has told the people of Britain that a vote for her in the general election will “strengthen my hand and the UK’s negotiating position on Brexit”.

Professor’s public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer.

Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press.