Carnegie classification's new category of “doctoral/professional universities" acknowledges growing role of non-research-oriented doctoral work in graduate education.

The popularization of science in China has seen positive developments in the last year, but more policies, money and media support are necessary to improve scientific literacy

"There was no way I could have gone to a university after high school," said Emily Buckner, 20.

Facebook has been caught on the back foot again over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by the New York Times.

How are we going to nourish a larger future population without negatively impacting the environment we all depend upon?

A new report has found that students' due process rights are no guarantee at a majority of the nation's top schools.

The examples include statements from professors at Yale, Georgetown, and Michigan State University.

While not on the agenda, student debt and graduation rates emerged as focuses of last week's University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees meeting where students offered an olive branch to trustees in a plea to freeze rising tuition rates.

Legal experts challenged the justifiability of the expensive ticket price charged by Yuelu Academy, an institution of higher learning with a history of over a thousand years.

US President Donald Trump is backing down on his threat to shut down the government after Democrats refused to grant him the funding to build the wall he wants on the border with Mexico.