Governor Susana Martinez this week promised that higher education will get its funding back in a special session she’ll call soon.

A couple in the US state of Georgia have won their legal battle to give their baby daughter the surname Allah.

Officials at Auburn and Berkeley tried to stop two controversial speakers on campus but ended up reversing their decisions amid First Amendment concerns. Experts say it's difficult for public institutions to meet legal tests and keep speakers from campus.

Like it has done to all good ideas, consumer culture hijacked Earth Day.

As the country succeeds in attracting even more students from overseas, a mixture of demographics, ‘soft power’ concerns and local politics help explain its policy

Wall Street pros have dived headlong into dark pools, exclusive private exchanges where they can trade stocks with each other in secret.

Indiana athletics has enacted a policy disqualifying its programs from adding any athlete with a history of sexual or domestic violence.

A jet-propelled vehicle that can take off vertically has been tested in Germany.

Brown University is dropping application fees for low-income students following a student campaign run by student leaders from elite universities.

A drive has been launched to make the UK the world’s first country where all scientists are professionally recognised, to help benchmark standards in academia.