Free community college has been touted on the national scene, but now a college in North Carolina is carrying out the goal for students in two economically distressed counties.

The proposal seemed straightforward: Erect 16 wind turbines on hilltops in rural Maine and generate enough electricity to power 25,000 homes ...

University of Michigan freshmen who rack up two alcohol or drug violations won’t just have campus authorities to deal with

Tennis superstar Venus Williams, currently focusing on her game this week at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, New York, recently added another achievement to her resume: a Bachelor of Science degree.

Come November, the University of Iowa will have a businessman with little experience in academe at its helm -- and many faculty members and others in Iowa City aren’t happy about it.

East Asian universities may never catch up with their Western counterparts because of a “toxic academic culture” in the region, according to a brutal assessment by a Hong Kong academic.

Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) said on Thursday it would make its next smartwatch technology available to its competitors who also use Google Inc's (GOOGL.O) mobile platform Android

Talk about graduate school being broken is beginning to sound like a broken record

Presidents of Vermont’s twenty-four colleges and universities recently approved a plan to consolidate multiple higher education associations under one umbrella organization, The Vermont Higher Education Council (VHEC).

It may have been battered by 40mph winds, choked by desert dust, and overrun by huge biting insects, but that doesn't seem to have put anyone off attending this year's Burning Man festival ...