The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, or AUF, has launched two higher education initiatives aimed at French-speaking African and other developing countries.

Congress is struggling to pass a massive spending package with less than 12 hours to go before a potential government shutdown.

Amazon.com Inc is considering expanding its same-day delivery program globally ...

Norfolk State University has been placed on probation by its accrediting agency - a significant setback for a college struggling to turn itself around after more than a year of upheaval.

For years, cellulosic ethanol has been touted as a just-around-the-corner technology that would provide cleaner, greener transportation fuel and an alternative to environmentally dubious forms of corn-based ethanol.

The web is becoming less free and more unequal, according to a report from the World Wide Web Foundation.

Universities in developing countries are ignoring potential areas of strength because they are too focused on imitating successful Anglo or American institutions

Smartphones are in dire need of innovation, and Samsung is trying its darndest to stand out amid a sea of boring black and white rectangles.

The top civil servant in Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has urged students to vacate the the main protest camp on the eve of its expected clearance.

Several library directors at liberal arts institutions have lost their jobs as they clash with faculty and administrators over how much -- and how fast -- the academic library should change.