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 ...

Oklahoma Wesleyan University on Monday became the second institution to withdraw from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) after two member schools changed their hiring policies to include same-sex couples.

Wikipedia has blocked 381 accounts for what it has called "black hat" editing - people being paid to create promotional articles without disclosing who they represent.

Computing, maths and business management in line for ‘rationalisation’ as spending cuts hit institution

A recent piece by the Guardian criticized the global agriculture industry for its stagnancy in addressing carbon emissions.