Google has confirmed it will hit its target of offsetting 100% of the energy used at its data centres and offices against power from renewable sources.

Reducing the carbon footprint of what we buy isn’t easy, but the opportunity for impact is substantial

A coalition of people who say they were defrauded by Corinthian Colleges, ITT Technical Institutes, Art Institutes and other for-profit colleges are urging the Obama administration to cancel their debt before Donald Trump takes office.

Wealthy U.S. colleges must spend more of their endowment gains on aid for middle-class families or lose their prized tax-exempt status, a Republican U.S. House member and a vice chair of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team proposed Monday.

Yale has announced a new procedure for considering the renaming of university buildings, which could allow for the renaming of Calhoun College.

Wisconsin regents aren’t done changing the way faculty members are evaluated. This time, they are seeking to give administrators independent power over posttenure reviews -- a move faculty groups oppose.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a ban on full-face veils in the country, during a speech at her party's conference

Singapore has the highest achieving students in international education rankings, with its teenagers coming top in tests in maths, reading and science.

Three in four scientists depicted in primary school science textbooks are men, according to a study that hopes to shed further light on female under-representation in science.

Professor Watchlist faces challenge from Watchlist Redux, where being named is intended as a badge of honor and where "radical" applies to Socrates, Jesus and Alan Turing, as well as those singled out today.