Spending freezes are now in place at the majority of Maryland's public universities as they prepare for a projected $900 million state budget shortfall over two years.

The U.S. Department of Education last week defended the deal it helped broker for Corinthian Colleges, a disintegrating for-profit chain, to sell 56 of its campuses to a nonprofit student loan guarantee agency, ECMC.

Members of the American Anthropological Association have soundly defeated a proposed resolution opposing the academic boycott of Israel ...

E-cigarettes appear to be less addictive than cigarettes for former smokers and this could help improve understanding of how various nicotine delivery devices lead to dependence, according to researchers.

Setting up what looked to be a final showdown between Hong Kong government authorities and the pro-democracy protesters who have occupied streets for nearly 10 weeks ...

The University of Cambridge has replaced the University of Oxford at the top of a global ranking that measures how universities perform on graduate employability.

Suping Lu, a professor from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, published a book on Sunday about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, during which more than 300,000 Chinese people were killed.

A partnership with the U.S. Army is no small feat for a startup -- especially when it means developing specialty armor for soldiers.

A legally-binding international treaty may not be the best way to tackle climate change.

I've been stuck in a job I hate for the last few years and I just can't bear it anymore!