Writing instructors at Arizona State University, who have since December been protesting a plan to change their compensation in ways they said were unfair and would hurt teaching and learning, have won both a gain in pay and a new option on course load.

American University faces an on-campus housing shortage this fall. The school accepted more students than it has room for.

Two days after the shooting deaths of nine people during a Bible study group at a Charleston church, Republican Gov. Nikki Haley made a bold public statement: The gunman "absolutely" should be put to death.

Plans for a state-backed regulator to oversee opinion polling, launched by a Labour peer, risk 'political censorship' of academic research, critics claim.

Hong Kong's democrats won their battle to veto a Beijing-backed electoral reform package, but face an increasingly organized campaign by pro-Chinese government movements in the longer war over the former British colony's democratic future.

For centuries, dogs have been humans' loyal, domesticated companions.

The Earth has entered a new period of extinction, a study by three US universities has concluded, and humans could be among the first casualties.

Participants compete in a dragon boat race during the annual Dragon Boat Festival at Aberdeen in Hong Kong, China

Apple claims that its "Keychain" software lets people securely store their passwords on their Macs. As it turns out, hackers can pull the keys off the chain.

Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.